Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 111

Seeing the chaotic scene in front of him, Yue Qijie felt displeased, so he winked at Han Guang who was sitting beside him. Han Guang has been an official for many years, so he is naturally good at trying to figure out the psychology of his boss, knowing that Yue Qijie disliked the noise .

So Han Guang stood up and said sharply, "Quiet! Be quiet!"

At this time, these local wealthy families and gentry calmed down, and dozens of pairs of eyes looked at Yue Qijie, who was sitting in the first place.

"The first step of His Majesty's personal conquest is to take Kaifeng, and then go west to Tongguan to capture Li Chuang."

"However, since the Song Dynasty, the Bian River has been blocked for hundreds of years and cannot be navigated. If you want to transport materials and soldiers from the south of the Yangtze River, you can only rely on the Yellow River. Your Majesty will come here by boat in the future."

"But you also know that the north of the Yellow River is full of bandits and Tartars."

"So for the safety of His Majesty, and to share the concerns of the imperial court, I want you to contribute money if you have money, food if you have food, and people if you have people."

"I want to hold a big team training!"

At this time, these wealthy households and gentry knew what Yue Qijie came here to do. It turned out that he wanted them to provide help.

"My lord, the place in Fengqiu is barren, we don't have much money and food."

"Yes, yes."

"My lord, to tell you the truth, the landlord's family has no food left these days."

Several penniless wealthy households complained one after another, and the penniless iron rooster said that it was them, and it would be as difficult as going to heaven if they wanted to get a little benefit from them.

But Yue Qijie believed that if Li Zicheng came over and put the knife on their necks, they would be happier than if they gave money to each other.

But that was the behavior of a bandit. As a scholar and an official appointed by the court, he couldn't do such a thing. What's more, if they contacted their relatives and friends in the court to sue him, Yue Qijie would be able to keep the official. will be quite difficult.

After all, my Ming Dynasty had such things as Qingliu and Yushi. They were lowly and light in power, and they could gossip about things, just like a mad dog.

If he was targeted by those people, Yue Qijie would be great if he could keep the black hat on his head and continue to serve as an official in Henan, let alone accomplish something in Henan.

"Hmph, all of you are saying that there is no money and food, do you have to wait until the bandits and tartars come to kill you?" Yue Qijie slammed the table angrily and stood up when he heard what they said.

"To tell you the truth, I don't want your money, food and young men for nothing. I can let you become officials. Now that the war is approaching, it is a good time for you to gain military exploits and seal your wives and sons."

Yue Qijie had no choice but to have his official position and military exploits to seduce these people. After all, who doesn't like to wear a black hat, and it's better to wear a bigger one than a smaller one.

The Ming Dynasty did not have moral integrity and lower limits like Miqing. Buying and selling officials, in the Ming Dynasty, you can buy Yuanwailang, or you can buy a supervisor, which is the fame of a scholar.

However, after buying such an official position and fame, you will understand everything. They are just toys for your own entertainment. Almost no one will look down upon you because of these things.

So when Yue Qijie said that they could be officials, the eyes of the wealthy people and even the gentry present were stunned. After all, they were rich or had a certain degree of fame, which sounded good, but strictly speaking they were still the ruled class.

Who is the ruling class in China?Not aristocrats, let alone those guys who are considered bourgeois according to the West, but officials, wearing black gauze hats.

"Well, can we go back and discuss it and think about it." A few wealthy households who were quite excited asked Yue Qijie.

"Okay, but I'll only give you one day. You can't find two-legged toads, but there are plenty of people with two legs." Yue Qijie said angrily.

"Yes, yes, what your lord said is true." Hearing Yue Qijie say such words, everyone said yes again and again.

Now that Yue Qijie had finished talking with them, they were ready to go home.

Different from modern times, the real rich people in ancient times lived in the countryside, where the land was connected by rice paddies, and the entire clan lived in a clan-like way, and even had moats and earthen walls to protect their villages.

But when the city gate was opened to let them out, an accident happened suddenly.

In the distance, there was a large group of people holding torches and rushing towards the gate of the city. Many wealthy households who had just left the city saw this scene and thought it was bandits who came to rob them, so they ran back in a hurry.

"Why are you back?" Yue Qijie saw the rich people flocking to him, and thought that they were all in love and it was hard to communicate.

"My lord, there are bandits outside the city, hurry up and send troops to suppress them." A rich man said lying on the table in front of Yue Qijie.

Only then did Yue Qijie understand why these people came to find him. It turned out that they were in danger.

He cursed in his heart, a bunch of iron cocks, bastards, they didn't give you money when they asked you for money, and now they want me to come forward when they are in danger, they really took me for a ride.

"So it's this matter, don't worry, don't worry."

"Now the world is fighting everywhere, there are bandits, bandits, and bandits everywhere. It's really not peaceful. Even I was almost robbed on the way to Fengqiu."

"That's why I want you to pay money, food and strong men, and organize group training. Only in this way can we protect the environment and the people, and kill all the rogues and bandits. Don't you think so?"

At this moment, they were asking for Yue Qijie's head, so Yue Qijie was not in a hurry at all, he calmly told everyone.

"Yes, Your Majesty said that, we are all willing." These wealthy households finally understood the current situation and agreed to bow to him.

"Okay, Ji Guangxiu, take your 500 people and go out of the city to kill thieves with me." Yue Qijie said as he came to the gate of the city with his sword in hand.

He is not a powerless civil servant. Although his martial arts skills are almost incomparable to those of a military general, he can still be considered capable of both civil and military skills.

There were many people like him in the late Ming Dynasty, including Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng who were closer, and Yuan Chonghuan and Hong Chengchou who were further away.

But once outside the city, Yue Qijie discovered that the bandits in the rich households were the Rogge and others he met today.

"Open the city gate quickly. I am Rogge. I want to see the governor." Rogge dragged his family to the city gate.

But those city guards ignored him, because they had never heard of Rogge, and Rogge had no official status, so they all regarded Rogge as a bandit who wanted to trick the city gate into looting .

"Sir Governor." When the soldiers guarding the city saw Yue Qijie, they all saluted.

"Quickly open the city gate."

"Yes." Then the soldiers unbolted the city gate and slowly pushed it open.

(End of this chapter)