A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 349 Reaction
Wang Dou proposed to severely punish Zhang Wanshan, Chen Enchong and others, but Ma Guoxi had no opinion.If we say that the Zhang family and others were local snakes on the East Road before, now that they have been attacked by Wang Dou Lei, they have become a thing of the past.

Ma Guoxi had never had a good impression of such a powerful place. After he was transferred to the East Road, he had suffered a lot from these local snakes.They were uprooted, and Ma Guoxi could only secretly rejoice.Wang Dou is willing to be this villain, so why not do it?
As for the fact that Zhang Wanshan's backstage is the current Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Xuanfu Town, Zhang Guowei, the Commander of the Department of Wanquandu... Ma Guoxi doesn't care much.The officials of the guard are becoming less and less valuable in Daming now, and there are several commanders and envoys in the town and city departments.

Zhang Guowei's name is Deputy Commander-in-Chief, and he has no more than [-] direct subordinates. He is in charge of farming, patrolling, military weapons, and imperial preparations in the capital.To collect food from various places, and to select young and strong guards to go to each battalion every year, which is equivalent to the logistics department and reserve team of the battalion.

With all the affairs busy, the combat effectiveness of his subordinates can be imagined.Besides, titles with adverbs are always not invited to be seen, there is a commander in chief to control him, and a governor to intervene in everything, there is also the Gu Palace in the town, the nobles are more powerful, and there are too many housekeepers and mothers-in-law.

Wang Dou didn't want to go to the town to serve as the deputy commander in those days, and his position was awkward. How could it be like serving as a powerful general on the East Road, where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, so he can do whatever he wants?

To get rid of this embarrassing status, perhaps the only way is to climb the ranks of the chief soldier. How easy is it?
Senior generals need to be selected by the meeting, and finally selected by the emperor.Zhang Guowei has never fought any big battles, bad battles, his status in the emperor's heart is not as good as the current general officer Yang Guozhu?To put it bluntly, Zhang Guowei's current status is due to the fact that Wang Dou chopped off the heads of some Qing soldiers back then.

The power of the Zhang family in the East Road only came after Zhang Guowei guarded the East Road back then.Now that his hard-working foundation has been destroyed by Wang Dou, in the future he will definitely wish to eat his flesh and sleep his skin.Ma Bingbei is also willing to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. Anyway, a series of things are done by Wang Dou and have nothing to do with him.

Just a few words between the two of them decided the fate of a lot of people.

This time Wang Dou's thunderous attack also left a large number of vacancies on the East Road. How to place and adjust new candidates is a problem.

Ma Guoxi stroked his beard and smiled: "General Zhong Xiancai is calm and loyal. Jinghu Fort is an important frontier fortress. It is the best thing to guard it."

"...Shen Shiqi, Yin Yijin, and Lei Xianbin are loyal and brave generals, and they are also suitable candidates for the Zhougou Fort, Hei Hanling Fort, and Liu Bin Fort."

Ma Guoxi threw out his own chess piece, he knew Wang Doubu very well, obviously after some research.

Ma Guoxi's words hit Wang Dou's heart. In the future, he intends to develop beyond the Great Wall, and he must control the castles on the east side of the road.

Throwing them peaches and rewarding them with plums, Wang Dou said slowly: "The last general thanked the Military Constitution, Huai Lai, the candidate for the defense of Yanqing Prefecture, and please ask the Military Constitution for details."

Ma Guoxi pondered for a while, and said: "As the general said, although Huang Changyi has a small flaw, it is still rare to be able to return from the wrong way. This time he has made meritorious deeds, so he will make up for his meritorious deeds and just reprimand him. If you come to guard, then Let’s carry on with it.”

"A virtuous person does not avoid relatives. Li Jinsheng, the general under the old man's command, is considered calm in his daily affairs. The old man intends to promote him to guard Yanqing Prefecture. I don't know what the general will do?"

Huang Changyi is usually very respectful to Ma Guoxi, but this time he is willing to join Wang Dou and expose a large number of crimes of Chen Enchong and others to himself, and Wang Dou also intends to let him go.

Ma Guoxi's Daobiao camp general Li Jinsheng Wang Dou also heard about it, he is an outsider, he has no foundation in the East Road, he is a bit greedy, but he still keeps friendly with himself.It is also possible to make the town a city.

The question of candidates was decided in this way, the two big and small foxes laughed at each other, and then the two talked about a more important issue-dividing!
Originally, the local tyrants on the East Road had a lot of power and many related land properties. After they were wiped out, how to deal with the various properties under their names was very important.

It is impossible for Wang Dou to take it all by himself, he must let some go out.It was finally agreed that after confiscating the properties of the spies and profiteers, the land would be included in the field register as a place to arrange new military households.After those people's property was confiscated, part of it was turned over to the state treasury, part of it went into Ma Guoxi's warehouse, and part of it went into Wang Dou's warehouse.

Of course most of the property belonged to Wang Dou, but Ma Guoxi still expressed satisfaction.The money and food allocated to them, except for the part of the above, are kept by many.This year, there is no need to worry about the tax and grain payable on the East Road. In the future, local governance will be more leisurely. With food in hand, there is no panic in my heart.

Of course, in this incident, Ma Guoxi was even more touched by Wang Dou's strength and courage. He knew how to give himself face and stop when enough was enough, which means that this warrior has a strong reputation.How to get along with this powerful general who appeared on the East Road in the future is a question for Ma Guoxi to ponder.

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On the same day, the two jointly wrote an official document and reported the cause and effect of the matter to the capital's yamen, the general army's yamen, the governor's yamen, and the governor's yamen.There are many spies arrested and many criminals involved, how to deal with it, please come up with a charter from above.

And ask the three divisions to interrogate and deal with a criminal official.

The roads in this ancient time were inconvenient, and there was no means of communication in the later generations, and the news was not well informed. Except for those who cared, the East Road was full of turmoil in those few days, but the town remained calm.It wasn't until the third day after the suppression of the businessmen, that is, the day when Wang Dou and Ma Guoxi entered the town in a joint official document, that the streets and alleys boiled like a thunderclap.

Surprised, shocked, this is the reaction of Zhencheng from high-level officials to ordinary soldiers and civilians.As a matter of fact, the big strikes and strikes on the East Road may not have been instigated by the tyrants behind the scenes.After all, many of them have a lot of interests spread across the East Road, and Wang Dou wants to ban private trade on the East Road, of course they don't want to see it.

It's just that Wang Dou acted too fast and the matter ended too quickly, so they couldn't react immediately.According to their assumption, it will take half a month or a month from the strike to the end of the work.These "pillars of the country" act collectively. It is expected that Wang Dou is in a state of desperation, so he can only be subdued.

Unexpectedly, in just five days, all the commotion would subside.Wang Dou's style of handling things is unacceptable, and his audacity is even more incomprehensible-at the same time, he fought against local tyrants, gentry, and military leaders. This kind of courage may be unique to the establishment of Xuanfu Town.

Wang Dou's seemingly brutal methods turned out to be so effective. In just one day, everything disappeared, and the east road was peaceful.The person who made the layout was deeply wronged, and he spent a lot of effort on planning, which seemed to be doing useless work.

Moreover, Wang Dou looked rough, but he was as careful as a hair, and searched a lot of criminal evidence in advance.No one can find fault with the suppression of Qing Dynasty spies, capitalism and traitorous crimes.Many people are more worried that Wang Dou has a lot of criminal evidence in his hands, and what will fall into his hands in the future...

After this effect, many people in the town looked at Wang Dou with admiration. They didn't expect him to be a good fighter and have such outstanding skills.Wang Dou has become the new local snake on the East Road, a person with real power, how should he deal with this local snake in the future?

On that day, the name "Wang Dou" came out of countless people's mouths, and his biography was dug out and carefully reviewed by interested people.

Of course, the above is just the reaction of the visionaries in the town. Wang Dou's sweeping away of the local tyrants will inevitably make many similar rabbits and foxes in the town sad.Wang Dou used thunderbolts to cut off the wealth of countless people on the East Road. If he gains power in the future and is transferred to the town, will everyone still have a way to survive?
"Domineering", "tyrannical", "no benevolent government" and many other words began to spread in the streets and alleys of the town, and the teahouses and restaurants spread.

Of course, everyone did not dare to criticize the legitimacy of Wang Dou's actions, and instead criticized his brutal methods.According to them, no matter how wrong the scholars and businessmen are, they should convince others with virtue. Like Wang Dou did, isn't it the same as the tax and mine supervisors back then?
However, there is also another voice, this voice is more hidden: "General Dingguo is decisive and overlord. The court has accumulated evils for a long time, and it is necessary for such people to thunder and thunder to reopen the sky. The East Road is full of waste. , I will put it under my command, and I will definitely reuse it and show what I have learned."

As the news spread everywhere, more and more people were thinking about it, so Wang Dou attracted a large number of talents to join him, which was also an unexpected gain.

There are also many merchants drooling at the land of the East Road. Great, the local big merchants are dead, and they just fill in the vacancy.Of course, for the sake of safety, before entering the East Road, they must first find out the temperament and character of the new local snake.

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In the majestic commander-in-chief's mansion in Zhencheng, Yang Guozhu looked at the official document and shook his head constantly, while his Chinese army general Guo Yingxian shouted from the side: "Wang Dou, this brat, my old Guo is really ashamed... He broke a few guards and cut down so many student businessmen, this brother's guts... tsk tsk..."

He said to Yang Guozhu: "Junmen, we and Brother Wang were killed together by a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. Considering our friendship in the past, we must help."

Yang Guozhu's expression remained unchanged: "This matter is too big, it depends on what Governor Ji and Duchen Chen mean...don't worry, no one dares to touch him, that kid, even I'm a little bit afraid..."

Speaking of this, he looked dignified and didn't know what he was thinking.

Inside the governor's yamen, Ji Shiwei looked at the joint document, and his first reaction was to be startled, his son-in-law, no matter where he went, he always showed an earth-shattering aura.This is the case in Baoanzhou, and it is still the case in Donglu.But looking at the name of Ma Guoxi on the inscription of the official document, Ji Shiwei felt relieved. With Ma Guoxi's joint name, he shared a lot of firepower with his son-in-law.

Looking at the official documents carefully again, Ji Shiwei was even more relieved. With the spy of the Qing Dynasty, the big hat of collaborating with captives and enemies, and having detailed witness and material evidence, who can say anything against it?The only problem is that the son-in-law's methods are too rough. This is already a trivial matter, and his status as a warrior is justified.

Governor Ji's eyes narrowed, since he arrived in the town, all the domineering military leaders, gentry, nobles, and nobles have treated him in a positive way, which made him mentally and physically exhausted.Taking advantage of the opportunity for a long time, he happened to kill their evil spirits and realized the existence of himself as the governor.

It is good to have such a son-in-law, whoever dares to make trouble in the future must consider the powerful Austrian aid on the East Road, so as to make his seat more stable.

While thinking about it, a servant sent a bronzing famous card, saying that Mr. Wu from Zhencheng asked Governor Ji to have a banquet in the evening.

Ji Shiwei snorted, in fact, this Mr. Wu is the confidant in charge of Gu Wangfu in the city.According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, vassal kings are not allowed to make friends with local officials, nor can they leave the city, otherwise they will be punished as treason.However, the various stewards in their mansion are no exception. A large number of property shops in the Guwang Mansion are handled by these stewards.

Because of his son-in-law, King Gu finally paid attention to him. At the banquet tonight, are they trying to win him over or threaten him?Governor Ji will meet for a while.

Xuanfu Township does not have a deputy commander-in-chief's yamen, but there is a commander-in-chief's yamen, which is a huge building comparable in scale to the "General's Mansion" of the commander-in-chief.Here, there are a large number of subordinate yamen of the local health office, which manage the land, population, taxation and other matters in the capital.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the commander of the capital was in charge of the military administration of one side, and belonged to the Dudufu of the Five Armies. The commander of the capital was an extremely prominent official position, ranking above the three divisions.

However, today is different from the past. Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the status of the commander has been deteriorating. Now, the military function of the capital is less and less, and it exists more as a geographical unit.Moreover, there are many management matters, and the hard work is not thankful.

Of course, the status of the commander-in-chief is higher than that of the commander-in-chief of the capital, and the title of the commander-in-chief. He belongs to the high-ranking official of the governor's office of the five armies, and there is only one in each town.But up to now, the titles of the commanders of the capitals and divisions are all over the place, and almost the deputy commander-in-chief has the title of the commander of the department, and even the commander of the general department.

Of course, the high-ranking officials in each capital are also divided into two types: "official officials" and "officials with salary". "Qian Shuguan" is in charge of farmland, military training, patrolling, and military affairs, and has some power in his hands. "Salary officer" receives a salary, has this honorary title, but has no real power.

Zhang Guowei belongs to the "Qian Shuguan", who is in charge of the garrison of the capital and other affairs. He also has a battalion of soldiers and horses under him. He is regarded as one of the real power figures in the town.

Zhang Guowei was promoted to Zhencheng in the ninth year of Chongzhen. He certainly didn't think it was because Wang Dou beheaded the head of the 280th-level Qing army, but thought it was because of his own leadership.But because of this, Zhang Guowei still has some good feelings for Wang Dou.

In the 12th year of Chongzhen, Wang Dou came back victorious, and Zhang Guowei also planned to win over Wang Dou.However, he was busy fighting for power and profit with everyone in the town and city, and he was fighting openly and secretly with the commander-in-chief Yang Guozhu, hoping that one day he could climb to the high position of the commander-in-chief, so he couldn't take care of Wang Dou all of a sudden.

However, when Wang Dou was transferred to East Road, he was about to collect business taxes and the news that border trade was strictly prohibited, Zhang Guowei responded immediately.A few days ago, the large-scale market strikes in various parts of the East Road were the result of his contribution to the flames.

The final ending was beyond Zhang Guowei's expectation, and Wang Dou was so merciless that Zhang Guowei was furious.He unscrupulously seized all the properties of his clan on the East Road. If he didn't respond, his reputation in the town would definitely plummet and his prestige would be wiped out.

However, Wang Douwei is famous, and Zhang Guowei was secretly shocked by the strength he showed this time. How to deal with the challenge requires careful planning.

He was pacing back and forth in the house, and the crying and howling outside made him upset. It was his relatives and clansmen on Donglu, and the seventh aunt and eighth aunt who were related to him in Zhencheng. From the 21st, waves of howling crowds came, which annoyed him.

"My lord, Wang Dou didn't take you seriously by doing this..."

"My lord, we must find a way. Our family has its share, but the property has been taken away by that thief Wang Dou. It's really devoid of conscience."

"Master, uncle, he is quite old, but he will be imprisoned for coming late. Is there any reason in this world..."

"Wang Dou is here for you. If he deals with Uncle today, he will deal with you tomorrow. When outsiders bully you, you must pay back!"

"Get out of here!"

Suddenly there was a roar in the room, followed by the sound of porcelain breaking and tables and chairs overturning.

Everyone outside the house was so frightened that they didn't dare to vent their anger, and looked at each other in blank dismay.

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"Wang Dou is becoming more and more domineering. He really dares to slaughter the squire."

Governor Xuanda was stationed in Jieyanghe. In the governor's mansion, Chen Xinjia said lightly. In front of him, standing in front of him was a confidant and aide of Guo Shitong, the Guanliang Tongju of Xuanfu Town East Road, but he rushed here today.It was reported that Guo Shitong was identified as one of the masterminds of the strike.

Originally, this was no big deal, but this time it was different. Wang Dou carried it out in the name of suppressing Qing spies.A large number of officials such as Wu Zhizhou of Yanqing Prefecture may be implicated and lose their positions, and they may even be imprisoned. It depends on what kind of evidence Wang Dou provides and the final intention of the court.

Guo Shitong received the news that he would be accused of conniving at the family, capitalizing on the enemy and cooperating with captives, which made Guo Shitong lose his soul.His people run a lot of businesses on the East Road, and Guo Shitong rarely asks what they do.Who knows what those greedy people are doing without telling him?
If this is the case, a charge of incompetent discipline can't escape, which is still light, and it is also possible to lose an official and go to prison if it is serious.

Guo Shitong immediately thought of Chen Xinjia, Governor of Xuanda, thinking that Governor Chen would give him a hand because of his respect and filial piety to him in the past.

Unexpectedly, after Chen Xinjia finished the previous sentence, the subsequent words made the aide's whole body icy cold: "...Look at the good things your lord has done, let him take care of himself!"

After speaking, he flicked his sleeves, turned and entered the back hall.

The aides only called out "Gu Chen", but Chen Xinjia was nowhere to be seen, and the aides stood there blankly, feeling a chill in their hearts.Such a good Chen Xinjia, in the past he tried his best to win over his lord because he was useful, but now that something happened, but he kicked him away, wouldn't he be afraid that the people who followed him would die and leave?
Back in his study, Chen Xinjia didn't care about the matter of Fang Cai, and he had seldom paid attention to the matter of Xuan Da.He mainly focused on the attention of cabinet candidates.Elder Yang Ge had already made it clear to him that entering the cabinet as Minister of the Ministry of War was a sure thing, and after a few more months, he would be able to enter Beijing.

So for the current Chen Xinjia, it is better to have one more thing than one less thing. The East Road has been suppressed by Wang Dou, and once again the government is in harmony with the people, that's fine.Also let the Holy Majesty and the cabinet princes see that they are still very courageous in their affairs. What's the point of discarding a few insignificant pawns?

Although I am becoming more and more dissatisfied with Wang Dou's domineering, but now the government puts peace and tranquility as the top priority. Let's talk about the future after entering the cabinet.

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In July of the 12th year of Chongzhen, the memorial about the East Road was finally handed over to the capital and placed in front of Emperor Chongzhen's case.

Since Wang Dou started to suppress on the [-]th, until now, almost ten days have passed.

In fact, Xuanfu Town's processing and reaction speed is already considered fast.The response speed of the bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty, in the capital of the capital, the capital's response within half a month is considered good.For places far away, it is considered fast to respond within a month.

(End of this chapter)