Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 366 Mobei
"Huh?" Liu Er looked at the messenger suspiciously, and then read the letter again.

After watching for a while, Liu Er Leng suddenly burst out laughing: "Hahaha, Lao Cao is so funny, he actually asked Lao Tzu to join him in pacifying Mobei."

Liu Er didn't stop laughing, but when he saw the following content, he couldn't help but said in surprise: "Huh? There are still conditions? Damn, this old guy actually asked me to find some beautiful women for him, no, he did it for him. The commander-in-chief is looking for a woman. This bastard is planning to bribe the commander-in-chief with a woman. Huh?"

Liu Er looked at the letter in a daze and suddenly stopped talking, and his face became serious.

After a while, Liu Er looked at the messenger in a daze and said solemnly: "Did you meet the commander-in-chief when you returned to Beijing with General Cao? Is the commander-in-chief not in good health?"

The courier shook his head: "I just saw the commander from a distance, I don't know how the commander's body is, but I heard from General Cao that the commander is really tired, there is no one around him, he doesn't eat and sleep regularly, That's why General Cao wrote to General Liu, asking you to find some women in the south of the Yangtze River to serve the Commander."

Liu Er was stunned and remained silent, and after a while slowly folded the letter, and said, "You stay here for now, and I will arrange this right away."

"Yes!" said the messenger.

Liu Er waved his hand in a daze and asked the soldiers to take the messenger away.

After getting up and walking in the hall for a while, Liu Er was stunned and said to the book office: "Since Mr. Liu came to Jiangxi, he hasn't done any of the tasks assigned by the commander-in-chief, and he can't share his worries for the commander-in-chief. Liu is really ashamed of the commander-in-chief. "

The book office hurriedly said: "My lord, you used to lead soldiers, how do you know how to deal with government affairs? During this time, you have been studying government affairs hard, and the late students are all in your eyes."

Liu Er shook his head in a daze: "I think that when Dahu and I took office, we had the wrong idea to discuss."

The book office wondered: "How could you have a wrong idea in discussing with Mr. Chen? As a local official, you need to learn how to handle local affairs. If you don't even know this, how can you manage the local government?"

Shaking his head, Liu Er sighed and said, "Chen Dahu and I are both illiterate and can't even write official documents. Do you think the commander-in-chief knows?"

The book office was brought by Liu Erleng from Pingyang Mansion when he came to Jiangxi to take office. He knew the relationship between Chen Dahu, Liu Erleng, and Li Jing very well. He knew that these two people followed Li Jing from a bandit, step by step. come now.

In terms of understanding of these two people, no one could compare with Li Jing.

Therefore, upon hearing Liu Erlen's question, the book office said without hesitation: "Hehe, the commander-in-chief is naturally the clearest about the situation between you and Mr. Chen."

"Yes, the commander-in-chief knows us, but since the commander-in-chief knows us, why did he let me and Dahu come to Liangjiang as the chief envoys? Could it be that the commander-in-chief plans to transfer me and Dahu to civil servants, and then send us two Are you here to learn how to handle government affairs?" Liu Er asked in a daze.

"This..." The secretary was speechless for a while.

It can be said that no one in the official circles of Pingyang Mansion knows what kind of material Liu Erleng and Chen Dahu are. In addition to leading soldiers to fight, these two people also drink alcohol.

Let them be civil servants?Dealing with local affairs, that place must make them mess up.

It's not that Li Jing has no candidates to serve as Liangjiang's political envoy, and with Li Jing's talent in employing people, it is obvious that he will not randomly arrange the positions of Liu Erleng and Chen Dahu.It must be Li Jing's intention to let them serve as Liangjiang's political envoys.

After pondering for a while, the book manager said: "In my lord's opinion, what is the commander's intention?"

Liu Er shook his head in a daze and said: "Actually, when Dahu and I left Beijing, the commander-in-chief once explained that after we arrived, we should only act according to our own wishes. At that time, Dahu and I thought that the commander-in-chief said It's irony, saying this is to remind us not to mess around.

So after I came to Jiangxi, I worked hard to learn how to deal with government affairs, but in the past two months, I haven't learned not to talk about government affairs, and I haven't done any of the things assigned by the general. During this time, I wondered whether Dahu and I misunderstood what the commander-in-chief said. "

"Wait a minute, you said that the commander-in-chief told you to act according to your own wishes before leaving?" the secretary asked quickly.

Liu Er nodded and said, "Yeah, what's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

The book office slapped his thigh suddenly: "My lord, you should have said it earlier! Alas, these two months have been wasted for nothing."

"What do you mean?" Liu Er asked in amazement.

"Cough cough." The book office coughed twice, looked at Liu Er in a daze and said, "My lord, please forgive me for saying something disrespectful. With your brain, you can't even turn a corner. You said that the commander-in-chief would beat around the bush Hit you? The words that tell you are to tell you what to do. If you think about whether what the commander-in-chief said is ironic, and then act in the opposite way, it is not in the commander-in-chief's mind."

Liu Er was stunned when he heard the words, and it took a long time before he said: "I just said, how come things are getting more and more difficult according to your way of thinking? It's your way of co-authoring that is wrong!"

"My lord, don't say that. You asked me to teach you to follow the normal rules. You can't blame me for not doing things well." The secretary said anxiously.

"Damn it, you don't show loyalty, it's a waste of all my heart to get you from Pingyang Mansion. My lord, I did something wrong, so you can't help me take the blame!" Liu Er said, staring at the book office in a daze. .

The book office said with a smile: "My lord, if you want to say that, I will take the blame for you, but if I help you take the blame, you must give me some benefits, right? I heard that Mr. Chen gave you two gifts last month." The altar is good wine, how about you give me an altar?"

"Your grandma, it's even more beneficial to help me take the blame? All right! I can give you wine, but you have to help me figure out how to complete the tasks assigned by the commander as soon as possible." Liu Er said with staring eyes.

The book office said with a smile: "It's not easy, you just do what you did just now, and if you don't obey, you can arrest him. Now I finally understand why the commander-in-chief made you a political envoy and asked you to bring him to the office. Send troops, isn’t this what you use to arrest people?”

"Hahaha, I see, I know what to do." Liu Er slapped his head suddenly and said.

After a while, Liu Er was taken aback and said: "By the way, Lao Chen's work is not going well, I have to tell him to change quickly, hehe, didn't Lao Cao ask me to find some women for him? This matter The problem falls on Old Chen, you write him a letter and ask him to help me with this matter."

The book office said with a smile: "Hehe, I would like to tell you about this even if my lord doesn't say it. It is not easy for us to find a suitable woman here. We can only find it from human traffickers or brothels. Such people don't know what to do. How can you send him to serve the commander in chief? Mr. Chen is in charge of Nanzhili, where there are singing workshops and flower boats everywhere, it is much more convenient for him to find women than ours."

Liu Er Leng burst out laughing when he heard the words.

The book office cupped its hands at Liu Er in a daze, and went to the desk to spread the paper and grind it. After thinking for a while, he picked up his pen and quickly finished writing the letter.

Afterwards, the book office repeated the belief, and Liu Er was stunned to nod repeatedly, and then ordered someone to send a letter to Chen Dahu.

After sending out the letter, Liu Er pondered for a while and said, "Since we understand what the commander-in-chief is thinking, let's prepare to do it now. We don't need to be polite to the people below. I understand that the more respectful these people are, the more crooked they are." In this way, don’t those magistrates wear the same trousers as those landlords, rich merchants and gentry? Then let’s get rid of those officials and do this by ourselves. What do you think?”

The book office pondered for a while and said: "Okay! Just do what you want. But after all, those officials were appointed by the court, and the marshal didn't order them to be arrested. It's better not to go too far. My lord didn't let those officials five Will you come to the yamen to report within a few days? When the time comes, my lord will beat them hard, if they are not obedient, then your lord will become famous, even if we take them down, we are justified, right?"

"That's it!" Liu Er said, slapping the table heavily.

Then Liu Erlen pointed to the chair and said to the book office: "I said you write it, and we will publish the announcement immediately."

The secretary nodded and sat down as promised, spread out the paper, and then picked up a pen to listen to Liu Erleng's words.

Liu Er was stunned for a while and said: "You all listen to me, my patience has a limit, don't be so fucking shameless. From today on, I will collect taxes in person at the Fantai Yamen, and I will limit you. Within three days, go to Lao Tzu's Yamen to pay all the taxes.

If someone refuses to pay, I will bring soldiers to your house three days later to ask for money. I said ugly things first. When I come to the door in person, it will not be as simple as collecting taxes. You will have to pay a fine. As for the amount of the fine, I am here to tell you in advance that you must be prepared to go bankrupt. "

The book office couldn't help shaking his head, but his subordinates kept on, and a notice came out soon.

Seeing that the book office finished writing, Liu Erleng took it and read it again, then said with a smile: "Damn it, this notice is easy to understand at a glance, and it's much better than the official documents written by those officials."

"Hehe, I guess the commander-in-chief must be in a good mood after reading your official document." The book office joked.

"Hey, that's my elder brother. If he knows that I can still write the announcement, he will be happy." Liu Er said with a big grin.

The book office couldn't help but smile wryly upon hearing this.

After laughing for a while, Liu Er was taken aback and said, "You can find someone to copy a few more copies of this announcement. There are statistics on how many wealthy businessmen and households there are in Nanchang, right? Every family will send an announcement."

"Yes!" said the secretary.

"Actually, I really hope that some people will not come to pay taxes. Then I will give them a hard time. With the fate of these people lying there, others will not dare to refuse to pay after seeing it." Liu Er laughed blankly.

"Yes, there are 76 prefectures in Jiangxi, one prefecture, and [-] counties. If the adults in so many places go down to collect taxes in person, even if they are exhausted, they will not be able to collect all the taxes. In the end, they will have to rely on the people below to do it." The secretary laughed. road.

After a pause, the secretary continued: "If someone resists the tax, we can kill the chicken to make an example to the monkey. But I don't think you need to worry about running out of chickens to kill. There are two princes (Huaiwang family and Yiwang family) in Jiangxi, and the third prince of the county. There are more than ten, as for the generals below the king of the county, there are more than [-] generals (Generals of Zhenguo, Generals of Fuguo, Generals of Fengguo). The king and the general, plus the two princes, there will always be people who don't know what to do, it depends on whether you have the guts to kill them like chickens."

(End of this chapter)