"Even so, what does it have to do with Huang Chengen and the chieftains?" Although the Zhennanhou Mansion is still there, no one can suppress the one-year-old Zhennanhou. It is a common practice in officialdom to pick peaches. You can't keep your own territory. Whoever comes.
"After all, Huangdongman is the largest Dongman in Guangxi. In addition to chieftains, there are many people in the tribe who took the imperial examination and became officials. Now Huangdongman wants to take this opportunity to legitimately take back Pingxiangzhou. You really have no place. Reason." Li Fusheng's explanation was concise and to the point. Zhou Shixiong understood that the person who wanted to kick Guan Chongguang away was just a cover, and the real behind-the-scenes driving force was the Huang family. [com]
"What was Governor Wang's reaction?" Zhou Shixiong kept cursing the fat Zhu Youjian in his heart. If he wasn't trying to avoid him, why would he have caused so much trouble?
"Wang Zunde didn't dare to answer. He asked his subordinates to tell people everywhere that Pingxiangzhou is a military state. Only the emperor and the Marquis of Zhennan have the power to appoint and remove officials in Pingxiangzhou. He, as the governor, has no control over it."
"This old guy is quite sensible." Zhou Shixiong nodded, very satisfied with Wang Zunde's performance.
"Bullshit!" Guan Chongguang cursed very loudly. Seeing Zhou Shixiong's face full of confusion, he said, "This old guy came to me before leaving and asked me to report to him a list of Pingxiang Prefecture officials. Although Pingxiang Prefecture is a military prefecture, he, as the governor, is also in charge of civil and military affairs, and Pingxiang Prefecture is no exception. Before I left, I asked me if I had selected the people who were colleagues and judges. If not, he could recommend a few candidates. Aren¡¯t you obviously trying to seduce me?¡±
Zhou Shixiong could only smile bitterly in the face of the furious Guan Zhongguang. He now understood a little bit what it meant to move the whole body. It was just that the Zhennan Hou Mansion had a new owner, and everything became different. This change was beyond imagination. Neither Zhou Shixiong Guan Chongguang nor Li Fusheng expected that the Governor of Guangxi, who had never entered their field of vision, could cause them such big trouble.
"Hongchang, what do you think we should do about this matter?" No matter how powerful Guan Chongguang and Li Fusheng are, it's useless. After all, the first level of officialdom is overwhelming. In the past, no one in Zhou Shixiong dared to point fingers at Pingxiangzhou. Now that Zhou Shixiong is gone, None of his three women have any background in the Ming Dynasty. The name Zhennanhou can only be used to collect wages, and its role is really limited.
"It's not that there is no way, Cheng Peng, you write a memorial to Emperor Chongzhen and submit the list of appointed officials in the Wei Commandery Division and the Prefecture. When the emperor approves it, you can show it to Wang Zunde. If the old guy complains, you can write it again. Memorial, register according to his requirements." Zhou Shixiong's words made the two of them look at each other, what kind of solution is this?
"Don't you understand?" Seeing that his two subordinates hadn't figured it out yet, Zhou Shixiong smiled proudly, "The appointment and dismissal of officials is an ordinary document. It takes several months to come back and forth. It's enough to go back and forth twice a year." That's right, as long as this list can't be dealt with, there is no need to worry about any other means. It is best if they dare to use black hands. The soldiers of Pingxiang Guard are not vegetarians!" Zhou Shixiong appropriated the kicking tactics of modern officialdom to deal with it. My colleagues in the Guangxi officialdom have gone too far.
"Oh, drag!" Guan Chongguang has never really been in the officialdom and does not understand this word deeply. Li Fusheng hated this word the most in the officialdom back then. Only now has he discovered that whether a knife is used to kill people or cut pork depends only on the person holding the knife. The idea of ??dragging the word "tuo" turns out to have a positive meaning.
"Yes, anyway, our officials in Pingxiangzhou work like this with or without the permission of the court. Since they want to use the power of rules to encroach on Pingxiangzhou, why can't we use the power of rules to fight back against them." Zhou Shixiong's statement is very fresh, Li Fusheng touched his chin and pondered.
Guan Chongguang didn't have as much free time as him, and he still had a lot of troubles to deal with, "Hongchang, chieftain, should we do something to warn them? I'm afraid that if we back down, we will mislead these barbarians to do more rude things. !¡±
Zhou Shixiong scratched his head vigorously, "This matter is really troublesome. If you know that they are going to harm Pingxiangzhou and pretend that nothing happened, with the wolf-like temperament of these officials, they may eat Pingxiangzhou alive. But the move is too big It¡¯s not good either. At this stage, Pingxiangzhou should show forbearance and a sense of powerlessness, which is consistent with the state of hesitation after losing the boss.¡±
Zhou Shixiong talked a lot, and Guan Chongguang didn't understand whether he wanted to move or be quiet. Li Fusheng was still comprehending life and had no time to pay attention to these two idle mortals.
"Call Zhou Hou in." Zhou Shixiong did not continue to teach Guan Chongguang. When Zhou Hou came in, Zhou Shixiong took out the topographic map of southwestern Guangxi and spread it out, "Zhou Hou, your camp that does not close at night does not belong to the military guard. They are considered to be the guards of the Zhennan Marquis Mansion, so even if they disappear for a period of time, there will be no problem." Zhou Shixiong drew a circle between Nanning Mansion and Xinning Prefecture, Zhongzhou, and Shangsi Prefecture with his finger, "Make the Huangdong barbarian forces in this area Please mess it up for me, can you do it?"
Zhou Hou heard what Zhou Shixiong said and thought that Zhou Shixiong wanted to take him with him to protect him, but he didn't expect that Zhou Shixiong wanted him to start his old business again.?Specially targeted at Huangdong Man in the southwest.
"There is a bandit king in Xinning Prefecture, a force controlled by Huang Dongman. There is no problem in destroying this bandit. However, there are many forces in Nanning Prefecture. Almost all families and surnames have placed troops in Nanning Prefecture to stab this I'm afraid the hornet's nest is a bit troublesome." What did Zhou Hou say? In addition to the information he knew when he was a bandit in his early years, there is also new information sent back by Hu Guangli in recent years. Zhou Shixiong's eyes have almost never stopped in Guangxi. This information is only available to Zhou Hou. Using.
"We must stir up this hornet's nest, otherwise the target will be too strong. If you can provoke a fight between the Huang family in Qianlong Village and the Lei family in Bachi Village, you will have made a great contribution." Back then, because of Zhou Shixiong's relationship, the Huang family and the Lei family became friends. Alliance, the two tribes have joined forces to control almost most of Nanning Prefecture in recent years. If this alliance is broken up, the Huang family may not have so much attention to Pingxiang Prefecture.
"I'll do my best!" Zhou Hou didn't give Zhou Shixiong a guarantee, and Zhou Shixiong didn't want to play games like military orders. He said with a serious expression, "I have two requirements. First, try to reduce the battle losses as much as possible. If the loss exceeds 20%, it must be withdrawn to rest and recuperate. Do not engage in a war of attrition. Second, everyone must be brought back, whether they are injured or dead, they must be brought back. Understand!"
"Understood!" Zhou Hou nodded heavily, turned and left. Zhou Shixiong looked at his thin back and sighed deeply, "For my sake, I am very incompetent as a leader by asking my men to take risks!"
"Hongchang, there is another problem that you need to decide how to solve." Zhou Shixiong's emotion did not resonate with Guan Chongguang. He had too many things to worry about and no time to consider emotional issues.
"Oh, is there anything else that Cheng Peng can't do anything about?" Zhou Shixiong deliberately teased Guan Chongguang to cover up his embarrassment.
"It's a matter of trade routes. Nanning Prefecture Salt and Iron Supervisor wanted to buy shares. Originally, the dead eunuch wanted to take it for free. Later, I showed him the name of the prince, and the dead eunuch changed his mind and spent money to buy shares. Nanning Prefecture Magistrate I also sent a steward to tell me that I wanted to buy shares, but didn¡¯t mention how much I planned to pay.¡± In Guan Chongguang¡¯s view, this matter was more serious than the matter of Wang Zunde and Huang Dongman, because trade routes were the basis for the development of Xiangzhou. , if the trade route is destroyed, the blow to Pingxiang Prefecture will be fatal.
"What comes and goes is still money and power. If you just want to make a fortune together, it's okay to let them join the stock. If you want to freeload, let them trade with their lives." Zhou Shixiong really doesn't mind more shareholders joining the trade route, and in the end Fortunately, all the state capitals in Guangxi will join in and form a super business group, and then the way to make a fortune will be broader. It's just that he will never allow freeloaders to interfere in business routes. Not only are such people unfamiliar, but they also don't care about business rules in order to steal money. Zhou Shixiong doesn't mind the humane destruction of such people.
"Isn't it bad? Killing officials is equivalent to rebellion. It's better not to do such a thing." Li Fusheng finally returned to the mortal world from philosophical thinking. Hearing Zhou Shixiong's murderous speech, he immediately objected.
"I'm not interested in rebellion or anything like that, but whoever dares to steal my money, I will kill him without any discussion!" Zhou Shixiong insisted on his decision, Guan Chongguang and Li Fusheng could only accept it, and Li Fusheng wanted to persuade him again. Guan Chongguang first spoke to stop him, "As the saying goes, cutting off a person's wealth is like killing his parents. Since these people dare to reach out to Pingxiangzhou, they must have the consciousness to pay the price."
"By the way, how much did Qi Chu Pavilion and the others bring back?" When it came to money, Zhou Shixiong remembered that he had made a windfall, and he didn't know the specific amount for several months.
"Alas, this period has been such a mess that I have no time to carefully estimate the batch of things. Only the gold and silver have been weighed and put into the warehouse, and the rest have not yet been counted." Li Fusheng also had a headache about this matter, and Jiannu emptied several cities. The treasury and private wealth alone contained more than a hundred carriages in gold and silver. In order to cover it up, Qi Chuge also used iron sand and bronze to cover it up, which is why the fleet became so huge.
"How much gold and silver is there?" Zhou Shixiong looked at Li Fusheng with hope. He wanted to hear a huge number because he loved money.
"Thirteen thousand taels of gold and four hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver." Li Fusheng accurately reported the amount of gold and silver in and out of the treasury without checking the ledger. Zhou Shixiong frowned. He thought he had at least one million taels of silver, but he didn't expect it was even less than half.
Li Fusheng guessed what Zhou Shixiong was thinking and said with a smile, "Hongchang, don't frown. Although the amount of gold and silver is not too much, there is still a large amount that I haven't counted yet. I'll figure out the value of those jewelry as soon as possible when Ma San comes back. I believe the total is Over one million taels is no problem.¡±
"Weren't gold and silver jewelry included?" Zhou Shixiong thought that jewelry would simply be divided into gold and silver, weighed and put into storage, but he didn't expect to have to wait for Ma San to see it.
"Some jewelry is so luxurious that the value cannot be calculated simply by the weight of gold and silver. And most jewelry is not made of pure gold or silver. It needs to be picked out and re-melted into gold and silver ingots. We only have Ma San in Xiangzhou who can do this, so we can only Wait for him to deal with it."