The heavens set sail from the courtyard

Chapter 389 Promotion
Du Yuanwai died at the hands of Wang Gang in the end. The people he brought had no fighting spirit at all, and Du Yuanwai surrendered as soon as he died.

On the other side, the battle in Jiujiang County also ended soon. The coalition army composed of [-] bandits was defeated by the Song army who suddenly broke out. Those who surrendered surrendered, and those who fled fled.

Wang Gang led the people in the yamen, and soon joined the generals of the Song Army to completely control the situation.

"General Mi, thank you for coming in time this time." Wang Gang immediately clasped his fists in thanks when he saw the commander of the Song Army.

"Your Majesty Sheng is very polite. His Royal Highness has long written to this general, asking him to help you suppress the bandits."

General Mi is the Jiedu Envoy of West Jiangnan Road and the person in charge of suppressing bandits in Jiangxi. His official residence is the third rank, and he is logically Wang Gang's superior.

However, the Song Dynasty emphasized civility over military affairs, and the status of civil servants was half a rank higher than that of military officials, and Wang Gang was Prince Zhao Shu's favorite, so General Mi was very polite to Wang Gang.

Back then when Wang Gang learned that three thousand bandits formed an alliance, even though his opponents didn't need to care about them, and they didn't need to ask Hongzhou government for help, he acted extremely arrogant.

In fact, secretly, Wang Gang had already sent someone he trusted to contact General Mi and asked him to secretly lead an army to Jiujiang County for support.

Wang Gang was right in saying that the three thousand bandits united would indeed save him a lot of trouble, and just solve the banditry in Jiujiang at once.

After the three thousand bandits were wiped out, it was also beneficial for General Mi to serve as the Jiedu Envoy of Jiangnan West Road, so he came so timely.

As soon as Du Yuanwai died, Wang Gang immediately reported to the court that Du Yuanwai had colluded with bandits and intended to break through the county.

What Wang Gang said was the truth, and Du Yuanwai was dead, and the court's order came down soon. Du Yuanwai's crime was unforgivable, and he directly ransacked his home, and three generations of his direct line were rushed into exile.

At the same time, Prince Zhao Shu also sent a letter to praise Wang Gang, praising him for his meritorious service in suppressing the bandits and his outstanding performance in just three months since he came to Jiujiang.

But the officials didn't make a statement for a long time, but the Ministry of Officials issued an official document, Wang Gang had an extra official name on his head, Hongzhou and Zhoutong, and led the arrest of the robbers.

He became the direct subordinate of General Mi and concurrently served as the county magistrate of Jiujiang.

When Wang Gang saw the official document, he was full of questions?
Hongzhou Prefecture is also a sixth-rank official. He is the assistant official of Hongzhou Zhizhou.

It stands to reason that Wang Gang is a subordinate of the magistrate of Hongzhou, but he was seconded to General Mi to be responsible for hunting down robbers and suppressing bandits, and he also served as the county magistrate of Jiujiang.

Wang Gang had never heard of such a messy transfer order.

Later, it was General Mi who resolved Wang Gang's confusion.

"His Royal Highness wants you to assist me in suppressing the bandits, but since you are a civil servant, it is inappropriate to be directly transferred to the ranks of generals, so the Crown Prince asked the prefect of Hongzhou for secondment.

In name you are still a civil servant, directly under the Hongzhou government, but in fact your job is to assist the general in suppressing bandits. "

Wang Gang was stunned, and said: "General Mi, I will take care of you from now on."

General Mi laughed loudly and said, "You are welcome, Mr. Sheng. You are considered a secondment. You are not directly under the general, and the general can't control you."

Wang Gang wondered, "Then how can I assist the general in suppressing the bandits?"

"The crown prince has already arranged for this general to give you [-] soldiers, and you will be in charge to wipe out all the bandits in Hongzhou Mansion. I will not care about the process, but only the result." General Mi laughed.

What else can Wang Gang say, just accept his orders!

Now he has a deep understanding of what it means to have someone in the court who is easy to handle.

General Mi left [-] soldiers with Wang Gang, and he left Jiujiang County with others.

Wang Gang didn't start to suppress the bandits immediately, but rectified Jiujiang County while training soldiers.

After Du Yuanwai's house was ransacked, Wang Gang confiscated a large amount of property.

He did not take it privately, but used it all for the construction of Jiujiang County.

The first thing Wang Gang did was to distribute the land and properties annexed by Du Yuanwai to the original people.

The second step is to set up a charity bureau and spend a lot of money to take care of orphans and widows. The charity bureau will be managed by Hai Chaoyun in the early stage.

In the third step, Wang Gang led people to completely wipe out the remnants of bandits around Jiujiang County, opened stable business routes, and provided conditions for Jiujiang County to generate income.

This busy work, Wang Gang has been busy for half a year before he basically straightened out Jiujiang County.

On the other side, General Mi couldn't wait any longer, and sent many letters urging Wang Gang to suppress the bandits.

Seeing that things in Jiujiang County were busy, Wang Gang officially started to suppress the bandits.

The bandits in Hongzhou Mansion ushered in their darkest moment.

Wang Gang has never been forceful in suppressing bandits, nor will he attack by force. Whenever he goes to a place, he will first contact the local yamen and issue a continuous order.

The so-called continuous sitting order means that anyone who helps the robbers, no matter who they are, will go to prison directly.

The common people are obliged to report the robbers. If they discover the robbers, they will not report them and they will all sit together.

It may be difficult for Wang Gang's soldiers to fight bandits, but it is easy to suppress the people.

The people of Hongzhou Mansion dared not speak out, so they could only cooperate with the government to suppress the bandits.

The bandits on the mountain were unlucky, and the money they robbed could not be exchanged for food, because no one dared to sell it to them.

Many bandits who went down the mountain to buy food were reported by the boss and detained directly before they took out the money.

Bandits are people too, they need to eat and drink water, and it is difficult to grow food in the mountains, so they cannot live by hunting alone.

Wang Gang's move was too poisonous, it directly broke the connection between the mountain and the mountain, forcing the bandits to go down the mountain.

As soon as the bandits left the mountain, they lost their geographical advantages. At this time, Wang Gang led the troops to suppress the bandits, which achieved twice the result with half the effort.

Wang Gang's leader has a characteristic, that is, he never attacks directly.

Always hit and run, the bandits stop and harass, stop and go, consume the bandits' physical strength, and then lure them into the prepared encirclement.

After actually leading troops to fight, Wang Gang combined the art of war taught by Master Liao with reality, united knowledge and action, and his ability to command troops rose sharply.

He himself is a rare fierce general in the world, with an eight-pole spear, no one has ever been able to go three-in-one. Coupled with consecutive victories, the soldiers under his command are as powerful as a rainbow, and their combat effectiveness is extremely impressive.

General Mi soon received one success report after another from Wang Gang.

"Whether this person is a civil servant or a general, he is crazier than me in fighting."

General Mi received a secret report from his subordinates, saying that Wang Gang would take the lead in every battle, and he was like a madman beheading people. Many veterans dared not approach Wang Gang.

General Mi was completely relieved, and ordered his men to fully cooperate with Wang Gang in suppressing the bandits.

Half a year later, Wang Gang basically wiped out all the bandits in Hongzhou Mansion. Many bandits couldn't stand the beatings, so they had to flee Hongzhou Mansion and go to other prefectures and counties in Jiangxi to make a living.

Because Wang Gang did so well in suppressing the bandits, General Mi even wrote to the court to ask him for credit.

This time the officials did not pretend to be dead, and personally issued an order to praise Wang Gang and promoted him to an official position.

In just one year, Wang Gang was promoted from the county magistrate of the seventh rank to the magistrate of the prefecture of Hongzhou, and from the rank of the fifth official.

You must know that Wang Gang's father, Sheng Hong, has been in the officialdom for more than [-] years, and he is still a fifth-rank Beijing official at this time.

Beijing officials are half a rank higher than those from other places, that is to say, Wang Gang's official rank is almost catching up with Sheng Hong's.

But this promotion is what he deserves, after all, the merits of suppressing the bandits are there.

After Wang Gang became the magistrate of Hongzhou, he could no longer live in Jiujiang County, so he could only take his wife to Hongzhou Mansion to take office.

Before leaving, many people in Jiujiang came to see him off, and they were reluctant to leave Wang Gang.

In fact, in the past six months, although Wang Gang's main energy has been on suppressing bandits, he has not given up on the governance of Jiujiang County.

Without bandits and Du Yuanwai, Jiujiang County developed very fast, and the people really thanked Wang Gang and Hai Chaoyun.

When Wang Gang left, the gate of the city was surrounded by people, and it was difficult to move forward.

Fortunately, Jiujiang County is under the jurisdiction of Hongzhou Prefecture. Wang Gang will still take care of the people of Jiujiang in the future. After all, this is his first official position.

After going to Hongzhou to serve as magistrate, Wang Gang continued to implement the order of continuous sitting, almost driving out the bandits in the territory.

General Mi followed suit, and also implemented the order of continuous sitting in other places in Jiangxi.

In this way, Jiangxi, which was originally plagued by bandits, ushered in the era of bandit suppression.

After Wang Gang managed Hongzhou Mansion, he discovered that the root cause of Jiangxi's repeated bans on bandits was that they were too poor.

The land merger on Jiangnan West Road was too serious, and all the fertile land fell into the hands of the tyrants. The common people leased the land to cultivate, and the harvest of a year's hard work finally fell into their own hands, and they couldn't even eat enough.

Many people grow their own rice, but they can't eat a bite all year round, so they can only trade for more affordable millet and coarse grains.

The people can't survive, they can only become bandits.

After Wang Gang discovered the problem, he immediately began to crack down on the land annexation by the powerful.

He had soldiers in his hands, and he did not lack means. He quickly eliminated a large number of powerful gentry and distributed the land to the poor.

But at the same time, Wang Gang also offended many people. Even his immediate superior, the prefect of Hongzhou, approached him and advised him not to do this anymore.

But Wang Gang didn't care about it, relying on the soldiers in his hands, he made a big fuss in Hongzhou Mansion, and even stabbed the capital.

Wang Gang stayed in Hongzhou Mansion for less than a year before he received a transfer from the imperial court. He was promoted again, from the prefect of Hongzhou, the fifth rank, to the prefect of Ganzhou, the fifth rank.

It is rare for a person in his early twenties to become a fifth-rank official, which is rare even in the founding of the Song Dynasty, which can be called a miracle.

However, there has never been a miracle in the officialdom. Behind the miracle is the promotion of Prince Zhao Shu who spared no effort.

(End of this chapter)