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Chapter 1242 People from all walks of life are waiting

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    Zhao Ran asked the two newly recruited guards: "Who is this Zeng Ruming? Is he also going to join the gang?"

    "It is common sense that when the abbot's flag is waved on the river, the four sides respond. I will think that if the abbot raises a banner of righteousness, people from all sides will inevitably follow him, and Commander Zeng should do the same."

    "Yes, the general also thought that the abbot could meet him. The general heard that when the Three Thousand Battalion Zhongsi entered the city to rebel, he commanded the envoy and led people to stop them, but unfortunately he failed."

    Zhao Ran accepted the advice and returned to the gate of Jinghai Temple, where he saw Commander Zeng who was as round as a ball.  Although Commander Zeng was fat, his movements were not clumsy at all. He jumped forward very nimbly, hugged Zhao Ran's clothes and bowed down. The five commanders behind him knelt down neatly on the ground, not knowing how to practice.  How many times.

    So, Zhao Ran took in the sergeants of the fifth battalion, and with the strong expectation of Commander Zeng, he designated a garrison defense area for them - each battalion stayed put and waited for orders.  So Commander Zeng issued a military deployment order with a serious look on his face, requiring the battalion commanders of our division to enter the camps in an orderly manner according to the camp areas divided by Abbot Zhao, put them on full alert, practice day and night, and wait for the next general offensive order.

    It¡¯s as if they were conjured out of thin air.

    So, Zhao Ran had another commander Zeng beside him, who diligently began to plan military affairs for him.

    In fact, what Zhao Ran most wanted to recruit was the Youye Middle Camp of the Fifth Army Camp stationed at Yifeng Gate. Unfortunately, this guy was just a loser and wavered - in fact, it didn't matter that he was a loser. Zhao Ran had always believed in using talents in an eclectic way.  I have no contempt for the grasshoppers, especially since this is not a national war.

    However, when the grass on the wall swayed too much and was difficult to deal with, the battalion commander on the city wall was always wavering. When Hu Dashun personally led two battalions of sergeants to reinforce him, he missed the best opportunity.  In order to prevent the big trees on Lion Mountain and Hydrangea Mountain outside Yifeng Gate from being burned down, Zhang Lue had no choice but to put away his good intentions and send troops to climb the mountain.  In order to prevent the houses in the streets and alleys under the city gate from being destroyed, the soldiers were pushed directly under the wall, which created a tense atmosphere of confrontation between the two armies.

    In the evening, Zhao Ran actually saw Shi Weiming, the head of the household department, in Jinghai Temple.

    Zhao Ran didn't know about this before Weiming. He was a small head of the household department and a member of the imperial family. He couldn't reach a high-level official like Zhao Ran even if he stretched his neck. Not to mention Zhao Ran's background and friends.  The level of the Three Capitals of Shifang Jungle Province was beyond Shi Weiming's reach.

    But three months ago, Zhao Ran got to know this little sixth-rank official through the beautiful operation of Gan Shutong, the Minister of Revenue.  Gan Shutong admitted in private that he had indeed asked the Ministry of Household Affairs to contribute money to support the improvement of streets in the capital, but was stopped by Shi Weiming. He suggested that Gan Shutong pay for the money himself, and not more, and pledged a thousand  Two, a big hole was laid.  Sure enough, Shi Weiming later found an opportunity to reveal the matter to Yang Yiqing, which set off a wave of impeachment against Gan Shutong and pushed Gan Shutong's personal reputation to a peak.

    If not for a series of changes that followed, Gan Shutong would have already entered the cabinet.  Therefore, Zhao Ran still admires this person very much.  As for some people saying that Shi Weiming betrayed his teacher Yang Yiqing to please his superiors, Zhao Ran didn't think this was a big problem. Can the "student" named with his eyes closed during the imperial examination be called a student?  Just forming a party.

    Looking at Shi Weiming, who was the same age as himself, Zhao Ran didn't see anything scheming or sophisticated. In fact, what he saw was the same fat man.  The fat man squinted his eyes and asked his followers to open two large boxes. Inside were piles of snowflake official silver, a total of ten thousand taels!

    "The Ministry of Revenue has prepared one hundred thousand taels of salary and silver for the army to march to Beijing to quell the rebellion. This is the first batch. It was sent by the lower officials first. Please accept it with the abbot's approval. Mr. Gan said that the grain and rice in the Fengying Granary in the west of the city were also opened.  To supply the army, please also ask the abbot to send a grain and grain officer to accompany the lower officials to check."

    Zhao Ran nodded: "Shang Shu Gan is very interested, everyone in the Ministry of Revenue has worked hard."

    He was more interested in how Shi Weiming brought two large boxes of official silver out of the city. When he asked, Shi Weiming immediately laughed: "Today the abbot's flag has just been raised, and everyone in the city is excited. I don't know how many people there are."  If a person wants to leave the city to work for the army, the lower official can bluntly say that among the thirteen gates in the capital, except for Yifeng Gate and the nearby Qingliang Gate, Zhongfu Gate, and Shence Gate, the lower official can enter and exit at will at the other nine gates.  No one dares to stop it.¡±

    After chatting for a while, Zhao Ran asked Zhang Lue to bring the grain and grain officer to receive him. When the grain and grain officer saw Shi Weiming, he immediately respectfully called him teacher. It turned out that during the Battle of Baima Mountain, the young Shi Weiming was a Jinshi of the Ministry of Household Affairs.  He took the initiative to serve in the White Horse Mountain Army. It took him half a year to master the method of money and food in the army, and another half year to become an expert in money and food. In the following three years, I did not know how many military scholars and clerks he taught, and how many battalions he taught.  Military attach¨¦.

    Zhao Ran pondered for a moment and said: "I see, I have a large army here, and the number of camps is complicated. It all depends onI'm trying my best to support my affairs, but I'm afraid I'm not able to support them. Is the principal willing to stay and help me?  "

    Shi Weiming smiled and said: "Normally, when the abbot speaks, a subordinate would never dare to resign, but there is something Shi said that I don't know whether to say or not."

    "You don't have to be polite when you're in charge, just say what you have to say."

    "The hearts of the people in the city are floating, and they look forward to the abbot as much as they look forward to the rain. As long as the abbot gives an order, it can be as short as half a day or as late as one day, and the city will be destroyed, so it is dispensable at this time. But the abbot also said just now that the camp numbers in the army are complicated.  They are not under each other's control, and their superiors and orders are not aligned with each other. If we delay for a long time, chaos will arise from within, and it will be useless to leave Shi Mo behind."

    This is to persuade Zhao Ran to advance the army as soon as possible. Zhao Ran nodded: "I understand, thank you very much for your advice."

    Shi Weiming's views are actually the same as Zhang Lue's military plan in general, which is to win quickly and there must be no confrontation inside and outside the city. The longer the confrontation, the more disadvantageous it will be to the guest army.

    The main forces of the attack, Longtan Guard and Wuchang Guard, are guest armies, while the battalion leaders such as Liu Wenlong, Li Sanhu, and Commander Zeng, who can be called the main army, are out-and-out local snakes, but it is impossible to expect them to attack the city.  These battalion leaders who acted "righteously" on the battlefield were not Zhu Xianjian's confidants, and they were not "accommodated" by Zhu Xianjian that day, let alone received battle equipment.  Without the battle armor, let alone whether they could fight head-on with the well-equipped battalions in the city. If they really fought, they wouldn't even be able to get close to the city wall.

    Zhao Ran¡¯s position for them was to wave the flag and shout when the war started, and to help maintain order when they entered the city.

    When Weiming returned to the city, he brought a message from Zhao Ran to Gan Shutong. Not long after he left, Yan Shifan arrived at Jinghai Temple.

    Yan Shifan said that as the champion of the Yellow Crown Division of the Xiuxian Ball Competition, he was very sad about the suspension of the competition. He also went to Zijin Mountain Xiangluxuan and Daxiuxian Stadium many times to check the damage. To this end, he was willing to donate 10,000 taels of silver.  Do your best for the restart of the competition.

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