Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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Qi Dazhuang looked at these counselors from thousands of households, and said, "Have you understood the orders of your lord? I have decided to separate you from tomorrow. Except for No. 12 thousand households who follow me, the other thousand households are Take this thousand households as the unit, and start heading south.

Remember, your lord's order is to take the whole of Shanxi into your pocket before the new year. I hope you can complete this plan. "

"I will definitely complete the plan that the adults entrusted to us!"

These thousands of households and counselors in the big tent made an oath to Qi Dazhuang.

Qi Dazhuang nodded, "You guys go down first and make your own arrangements!"

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At dawn the next day, Qi Dazhuang distributed the army in units of thousands of households.

After the separation, these thousands of households began to move towards the south of Shanxi.

Although the heavy snow in the sky has not stopped, these soldiers have not stopped marching because of the heavy snow.

Not only Qi Dazhuang, but even Song Hu and Zhao Daniu separated their men and horses after receiving Zhao Wen's order, and began to occupy the city in units of thousands of households.

Because Wu Zhen wiped out all the defenders and officials in almost all the counties in the south of Shanxi, the soldiers and horses of Xuanzhen did not encounter any resistance at all when they occupied these cities, and it was as easy as returning home.

After entering these cities, the Xuanzhen soldiers will first encircle and suppress the green-skinned hooligans who are making trouble in the cities, and at the same time appease the people in the cities.

Because the speed of occupying the city was too fast, coupled with the fact that the official roads in Shanxi were in disrepair for a long time and the heavy snow continued, this caused Zhao Wen's logistical pressure to be too heavy.

Liu Wu is at the rear, and his main task is to collect the fleeing refugees and escort the food and grass.

Because of the continuous heavy snow, the dilapidated official roads were covered by heavy snow, and the ground was slippery, so it was very difficult to transport grain and grass.

Liu Wu stood on a small hill not far from Taiyuan Mansion. He looked at the team stretching for several miles down the hill, his face full of anxiety.

"Did the grain and grass hoarded by the Taiyuan Mansion be sent to the adults?" Liu Wu asked, looking at a thousand households beside him now.

Since Zhao Wen captured Taiyuan Mansion, Taiyuan Mansion has become an important base for Zhao Wen's army to hoard food and supplies.

Liu Wuhui will store the delivered food and materials in Taiyuan Mansion first, and then send them to the front line.

The thousand households said: "Return to the general, I have already left this morning. According to the news sent back by the general soldier, the general soldier has now occupied Jiexiu and other places, and the general soldier has also ordered the whole army to send the soldiers to Thousands of households were scattered out to take over the city.

In this way, our logistics pressure will be even greater.The governor of Shanxi wiped out all the defenders, officials, and food every time he went to a city, and there was nothing left.We not only have to escort the army rations, but also the food for the resettlement of the common people, and even the quilts for the winter. "

"Okay, don't complain, there's nothing you can do about it. Now let's escort food and collect refugees with peace of mind! By the way, have the captives in Taiyuan Mansion been handed over to Master Sun Yuanhua?" Liu Wu said again asked.

"Return to the general, not yet, and it will take three or four days to arrive. Now the construction speed of the railway is also much slower because of the heavy snow, but because there were a lot of captives before, and both ends were started at the same time, so from now on. The railway from Xuanzhen to Yangyuan has almost been built, and I heard that it will be open to traffic in about a month." Qianhu replied.

Hearing this, Liu Wuyi breathed a sigh of relief, and said with emotion: "It's so good, when the time comes, the supplies and food in Xuanzhen town can be directly transported to Yangyuan by train.

Although Yangyuan is still relatively far from Taiyuan Mansion, at least it can save our soldiers from running a little. "

At the same time, Liu Wenzhong also received the letter from Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen's letter was the letter that asked Liu Wenzhong to choose the local officials who governed Shanxi.

When he got the letter, Liu Wenzhong called all the officials together and held a small meeting.

After the meeting, Liu Wenzhong conveyed the news of recruiting officials through newspapers.

After finishing these things, Liu Wenzhong sent a group of people to the university to select personnel.

The next day, just after dawn, sanitation personnel cleared the snow on the road.

It had also snowed heavily in Xuanzhen for several days before, and the sky only cleared up this morning.

Although the weather is sunny, the temperature is still very low. If you expose your hands outside, it will turn red in a short time.

However, even so, there are still some newsboys in padded jackets, caps, and satchels running back and forth on the street.

"Outside the nickname, it is expected that the entire territory of Shanxi will be captured before the Chinese New Year. Now Shanxi has a power vacuum period. In order to form management of Shanxi in time, the commander-in-chief is going to select administrators at the university. In addition to this method, the publicity Master Zhen also plans to select personnel in Xuan Town.

Commander-in-Chief has an order, not only university students, but all gentry in Xuan Town who have lived in Xuan Town for more than one year and are active in various affairs of Xuan Town can sign up to participate. After passing the exam, they can take office. If there are university students in the family priority. "

Newsboys waved the newspapers in their hands and shouted loudly on the cold street.

Soon, the newsboy's voice attracted some people's attention.

Sun Qingchang's father, Sun Dong, was playing swords in the yard after breakfast. Now that his son has entered university, he has no worries about the future, and he doesn't have to worry about his son anymore.

Sun Dong, who has no worries about his future, also began to relax, and recently became obsessed with health preservation.

"What kind of sword are you playing in this snowy and cold weather? Are you not afraid of getting caught in the wind and cold?" Mrs. Sun Dong stood in the yard, looking at Sun Dong who was wielding a long sword, and said with some complaints.

Sun Dong said disapprovingly: "What do you know? I am exercising, and this set of swordsmanship was followed by a famous doctor in Xuan Town a few days ago.

That famous doctor is over 80 years old now, and his body is still very strong. He can eat three meals a day, and one meal can eat a large bowl of rice.

The reason why he can live so long is precisely because of this set of swordsmanship. Now that Chang'er has entered the university, his future will definitely not be bad.This good day has just begun, I want to live longer and enjoy it. "

"You only know how to enjoy yourself. Every day at home, you either drink with your friends or write poems. You don't even do any serious work on weekdays. You are only in your 40s now. Are you willing to continue like this?" Mrs. Sun Dong said a little The way of hating iron but not steel.

"Hey, our family's business is looked after by a housekeeper, and I can't get involved. I stay at home, so what do you think I should do? I want to do things too, but there's nothing I can do.

I can't get involved in the business, so let's become an official, and they don't want us sour scholars.If I don't do these things, what else can I do? "

Sun Dong stopped, inserted the long sword in his hand into the scabbard on the ground beside him, and said thoughtfully.

When Madam Sun Dong heard this, she pointed at Sun Dong's nose and wanted to teach him a lesson, but at this moment, there was a knock on the door.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Look, those cronies of yours came here early in the morning, and they can't make people peaceful every day!" Mrs. Sun Dong pointed in the direction of the gate, and said with a gloomy face.

Sun Dong said with a smile: "Today's heavy snow has finally stopped, it's the best time to drink and chat, that's all, I won't talk to you anymore."

Sun Dong said and walked towards the gate.

When Mrs. Sun Dong saw Sun Dong leaving, she stomped her feet and walked towards the backyard with a long sigh.

When Sun Dong opened the door, a middle-aged scholar about Sun Dong's age held a newspaper and looked at Sun Dong excitedly, "Brother Sun, what a joyful event!"

Sun Dong didn't quite understand. He looked at the excited middle-aged scholar and asked with a puzzled expression, "What a happy event? What kind of happy event? There is still half a month before the Chinese New Year. What kind of happy event can there be?" ?”

The scholar didn't talk nonsense, and directly stuffed the newspaper in his hand to Sun Dong, "Look for yourself, today's headlines."

Sun Dong opened the newspaper and read it with a puzzled expression.

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Chapter 426 This is a Giant Dragon

After a while, Sun Dong looked excitedly at the middle-aged scholar, "Is this true? Are we gentry really going to govern Shanxi?"

The middle-aged scholar laughed loudly, pointing at the newspaper in Sun Dong's hand and laughingly said: "Hahaha, it's clearly written in black and white, what are you afraid of? There are less than three days left before our exam, three days later The exam is about to take place, let's hurry up and sign up first."

"Let's go, hurry up and sign up!" Sun Dong said, returning the newspaper in his hand to the middle-aged scholar and running inside.

A moment later, a carriage headed towards the Zongbing Yamen.

Unlike university admissions, the place for gentry to register is in the square outside the Zongbing Yamen.

When Sun Dong and his friend Zhu Miao came to the square in front of the Zongbing Yamen, a large number of gentry had already gathered in the square.

Sun Dong jumped out of the carriage, looked at the crowds in the square, and said with a depressed face: "I thought we came early enough, but we are still late!"

After finishing speaking, Sun Dong looked at the coachman, "You park the carriage outside the square and wait for me, remember, don't run around, don't cause trouble!"

"Brother Sun, let's go quickly." Zhu Miao looked at Sun Dong.

Sun Dong nodded and rushed forward.

There is a row of tables at the front of the square, with about thirteen tables.

Behind these tables sit scribes with brushes in hand, who record the names and places of origin of the gentry.

Despite the severe cold, these gentry did not feel disgusted in the slightest.

In ancient times, the purpose of studying was to become an official. At the beginning, these people thought that Zhao Wen would never let them, gentlemen, become officials again, but who knew that they would become officials now.

The hearts of these gentlemen suddenly became hot.

When these gentry signed up, a middle-aged man in a black cloak, accompanied by several soldiers, walked into the office near the Zongbing Yamen.

Led by the guards at the gate of the office, the middle-aged man walked into Liu Wenzhong's classroom.

"You must be Mr. Hong Chengchou, right? I heard that you will arrive today, but I didn't expect it to be so soon."

Liu Wenzhong looked at Hong Chengchou who appeared at the door of his classroom, stood up calmly, and greeted him.

Hong Chengchou was shocked and said: "How can the criminal officer let the adults greet him in person, this is absolutely impossible!"

Liu Wenzhong laughed loudly, took Hong Chengchou's arm and walked into the classroom.

The earth dragon was burning in the basement of the class room, and as soon as he walked in, there was a wave of heat rushing towards his face.

Hong Chengchou's body immediately warmed up.

"sit!"

Liu Wenzhong pulled out a chair from the side and placed it in front of his desk, then sat in his seat.

Hong Chengchou declined a few times, but he couldn't, so he had to sit on the chair with half of his buttocks, and sat respectfully opposite Liu Wenzhong.

"Before, I received the military report from Zhou Lao Liu and told me about you. It is also a good thing that you can abandon the dark and turn to the bright."

Liu Wenzhong stroked the beard on his chin and said with a smile on his face.

Hong Chengchou also replied with a smile on his face: "A good bird chooses a tree to live in, and a virtuous minister chooses a wise king to serve. Criminal officials just don't want to fall with the court."

"What you said is really worthy of being a Jinshi. Just this thick-skinned, it is not comparable to ordinary people." Liu Wenzhong slandered in his heart when he heard Hong Chengchou's words.

"By the way, the imperial court still doesn't know that you have surrendered to the imperial court, and the spies in the capital haven't heard the news that the imperial court knows that you have taken refuge in Xuanzhen. Why didn't you take your family over first?" Liu Wenzhong asked suddenly.

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou heaved a long sigh, "Oh, the culprit wanted to, but the culprit has no one and no money, and now I have lost the army of the imperial court. will catch me."

"What is this? Since you have surrendered to my Xuanzhen, then your family's affairs are naturally my Xuanzhen's affairs. It is impossible for my Xuanzhen to let it go. In fact, I sent someone to you a few days ago. Home, pick up your family. It is estimated that we will arrive in Xuanzhen during the Chinese New Year.

Although the imperial court still thinks that you died in battle and did not blame your family members, but the fire cannot be contained in the paper. Sooner or later, the imperial court will know about your submission to Xuanzhen, so it is necessary to bring your family to Xuanzhen as soon as possible. ! "

As soon as Liu Wenzhong said this, Hong Chengchou stood up gratefully.

He arched his hands at Liu Wenzhong and saluted.

"Lord Liu can treat me like this, I can't repay you!" Hong Chengchou looked at Liu Wenzhong gratefully.

Liu Wenzhong hurriedly stood up, walked in front of Hong Chengchou, and helped Hong Chengchou up, "Haha, I didn't do this, I was asked to do this by the Chief Soldier!"

In fact, Zhao Wen had already learned that Hong Chengchou had taken refuge in him.

To be honest, at the beginning, Zhao Wen was a little disgusted with Hong Chengchou's refuge.After all, Hong Chengchou's reputation in history is not very good. Compared with people like Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng, it is far worse.

But after Zhao Wen thought it over, he finally figured it out.

Although Hong Chengchou in history was not a good character, he was also capable.What's more, in this era, he did not take refuge in Huang Taiji, but in himself.

As long as he takes refuge in himself, even if he has any ideas that he shouldn't have in the future, he won't be able to realize them.

Besides, the imperial court cannot all be from one faction or from one background.

Although the personnel under his command come from all over the world, they have lived in Xuanzhen for so many years, so they can naturally be called Xuanzhen faction officials.

A monolithic situation is not what Zhao Wen wants to see. Although nothing can be seen now, everything can be achieved without warning, and there is always nothing wrong with making early plans.

Although Zhao Wen captured many officials in Shanxi, these officials were incomparable with Hong Chengchou.

No matter how bad Hong Chengchou's character is, he still has skills.Most of these captured officials are trash, and it would be better not to rely on them to balance the government.

After figuring it out, Zhao Wen started to ask Liu Wenzhong to send people to Hong Chengchou's hometown to pick up Hong Chengchou's family.

Zhao Wen still understands the reason why a thousand pieces of gold buys a horse bone.

"What? It turned out to be the order of the commander-in-chief? Is this true?" Hong Chengchou became excited all of a sudden.

Liu Wenzhong helped Hong Chengchou up, and said in a slow voice: "Yes, the Chief Soldier asked me to do this. The Chief Soldier thinks highly of you, and this is the first time I have seen the Chief Soldier do this. After you You can't live up to the expectations of the commander-in-chief."

Looking at Liu Wenzhong's sincere eyes, Hong Chengchou was full of emotions in his heart. After a while, he said loudly to Liu Wenzhong: "I will definitely live up to the high expectations of the commander-in-chief, and I will do my best to serve the commander-in-chief."

He really didn't expect Zhao Wen to be so thoughtful and arrange his family before he thought of it.

At this moment, Hong Chengchou suddenly had a feeling that a scholar would die for his confidant.

"Haha, if that's the case, it would be great. Now the whole of Shanxi is about to be included in the bag. According to the letter from Mr. Zongbing, before the Chinese New Year, the whole of Shanxi can be completely captured.

In a few days, I will send a group of officials to Shanxi to govern Shanxi. You will also go with me when the time comes. This is the request of the commander-in-chief. "Liu Wenzhong laughed a few times, and then sat in his seat again.

Hong Chengchou was a little puzzled, "At this time, the commander-in-chief asked me to go to Shanxi, why?"