Rise From the Humble

"Zihou, do you know where I went before I came to you?" Zhao Wenhua asked Zhu Ping'an.

Zhu Pingan shook his head slightly.

However, he knew in his heart that Zhao Wenhua came from Yingtian, and there were only so many places he passed from north to south. The only place worthy of his mention was Jiaxing. Combined with what he did after coming to Jiangnan, it is almost certain that He appointed Governor Zhang Jing to go to Jiaxing to supervise Zhang Jing and urge Zhang Jing to send troops to destroy the Japanese.

Sure enough, the next second Zhao Wenhua revealed the answer himself, "I went to Jiaxing to supervise Zhang Jing to send troops to suppress the Japanese."

"What do you think he said?" Zhao Wenhua put down the tea cup angrily.

Without waiting for Zhu Ping'an to answer, Zhao Wenhua continued angrily, "He said that troops will be sent out when it is time to send troops. I asked him when 'the time to send troops' was, and he said 'the time to send troops' was 'the time to send troops'." When the troops were sent out, I...he was playing tongue twisters, it was really too much, too much."

"Master Zhao, calm down." Hu Zongxian poured a cup of tea for Zhao Wenhua and comforted Zhao Wenhua to calm down.

"Whether you believe it or not, my supervisor Zhang Jing is not at odds with him, but out of judgment. His Majesty hopes that Jiangnan will be pacified by Japanese invaders. The people in Jiangnan who were burned, killed, and plundered by Japanese pirates are also eagerly hoping that they can live a peaceful life. "Zhao Wenhua drank a cup of tea, calmed down his anger slightly, and said to Hu Zongxian and Zhu Pingan.

"I know Mr. Zhao's heart for the country and the people, and I deeply respect him." Hu Zongxian flattered him.

"Merlin wins my heart deeply." Zhao Wenhua nodded with satisfaction.

Zhu Ping'an's face remained calm, but he sneered in his heart. When you first came to Jiangnan, the first thing you did to find Zhang Jing was not the supervisor. Instead, you asked Zhang Jing for 20,000 taels of silver. After being rejected by Zhang Jing, you went crazy to supervise. Teacher's.

If you really want to serve the Holy One, relieve His sorrow, appease the common people, and let them live a peaceful life, then you should do your best to assist Zhang Jing instead of asking him for 20,000 taels of silver. Rather, it was to help him organize food, grass and weapons, and to collect military pay, so that he would have no worries; it was not to go to Zhang Jing's mansion to urge troops to be sent, or to write a memorial to impeach him if he did not send troops.

In addition, I know history. Your crazy supervisor Zhang Jing was not to exterminate the Japanese pirates, but to dig a hole for Zhang Jing.

When Zhu Ping'an was scorning Zhao Wenhua in his heart, Zhao Wenhua's questioning voice suddenly came to his ears.

"Zihou, do you think Zhang Jing is a competent governor of Jiangnan?" Zhao Wenhua asked Zhu Pingan.

"After Governor Zhang was appointed by the Holy Master, he dispatched Shandong Spearmen, Guangxi Wolf Soldiers and other wolf soldiers to the south of the Yangtze River, sent generals to take charge, trained guest soldiers, such as Shandong Spearmen and Guangxi Wolf Soldiers, stocked up on grain and grass, and worked hard to prepare for the suppression of Japanese invaders."

Zhu Pingan said slowly, without directly saying whether Zhang Jing was qualified or not, but simply listed what Zhang Jing had done after taking office as governor.

The meaning is self-evident.

Although Zhang Jing and others did not send troops to suppress the Japanese pirates, he had been working intensively to prepare to destroy the Japanese pirates.

This is because the Japanese pirates are powerful and the local guards are unable to use them. They can only mobilize spearmen from Shandong and wolf soldiers from Guangxi. These foreign soldiers who can fight can be mobilized to destroy the Japanese pirates. However, these guest soldiers have just arrived. The soldiers do not know the generals, the generals do not know the soldiers, and they are even more unfamiliar with the local soldiers and horses. They must be trained until the general can command the guest soldiers like a finger, and until the guest soldiers are familiar with the local soldiers. , Only then can we safely send out troops to exterminate the Japanese pirates.

Moreover, before troops and horses move, food and fodder must go first. If you want to move troops, you must mobilize food, pay, ordnance and ensure logistics.

If the guest soldiers are transferred but cannot be guaranteed their regular food and salary, can the guest soldiers work hard to suppress the Japanese? ! Or, no matter how serious it is, if the guest soldiers mutiny because they don't have food and pay, wouldn't they be attacked from both sides?

Also, the same goes for the local guardsmen. They have been owed food and salary for a long time. They are about to go to war. If they are not given food and salary, they will be asked to work hard to suppress the Japanese. How is this possible?

Are there few local soldiers mutinied? ! Zhu Pingan experienced this once. There were even many local soldiers who took the initiative to join the Japanese pirates!

To exterminate the Japanese pirates, these preparations must be made.

After hearing Zhu Pingan's answer, Zhao Wenhua chuckled disdainfully, "Haha, these things are all false. It has been several months since Zhang Jing took office as governor. What has he done? How many Japanese pirates have he wiped out? None!"

"After he became the governor, the Japanese pirates in Tuolin became more and more crazy, occupying more and more territory and ravaging more and more people. But just during the New Year, the Japanese pirates in Tuolin mobilized hundreds of times, and Songjiang Prefecture Ten rooms are empty, and every house is full of mourning. I met dozens of people attending funerals on the way here. This is Governor Zhang’s new official style!”

"Zhang Jing has betrayed the trust of the Holy One. He has failed to live up to the expectations of the Holy One. The Holy Majesty appointed him governor. He is looking forward to the news of pacifying the Japanese from the south of the Yangtze River day and night. But as for him, he has not even killed a single Japanese pirate!"

"He has failed the people's expectations. Zihou, go outside and listen. Whether it's Yingtian, Suzhou, Jiaxing, or even your Shaoxing, how many people are scolding him Zhang Jing, openly or secretly, saying that Zhang Jing is not a common person. The parent officer was the parent officer of the Japanese pirates. He watched helplessly as the Japanese pirates burned, killed, and looted. He did not send a single soldier, and other officials were not allowed to send troops, for fear of hurting a Japanese pirate."

"He is not a competent governor!"

Zhao Wenhua emotionally listed Zhang Jing's dereliction of duty and came to the conclusion that Zhang Jing was not a competent governor.

"I also thought that Governor Zhang's deployment to suppress the Japanese was too conservative and too slow. He could have done better. But unfortunately, the Japanese pirates are becoming more and more fierce now. The Tuolin Xuhai tribe is getting stronger, Ligang Wang Zhi is becoming more unscrupulous, and the people in Jiangnan are suffering even more. The more serious it becomes, the more people’s hearts become disappointed.”

Hu Zongxian echoed that this time he was not simply agreeing with Zhao Wenhua, but he truly felt that Zhang Jing was incompetent.

If Hu Zongxian was the governor, he would definitely do better than Zhang Jing, ten times, or even a hundred times.

"Zihou, do you think so?" Zhao Wenhua looked at Zhu Ping'an with burning eyes and asked bluntly.

Zhu Pingan.

Zhang Jing is at least more qualified than you, Zhao Wenhua. Of course, Zhu Pingan cannot say such words and can only remain silent.

"If he replaces me, I believe you will definitely be more qualified than Zhang Jing. You will definitely do better than Zhang Jing, ten times, a hundred times more."

Zhao Wenhua did not force Zhu Pingan to speak, but walked slowly to Zhu Pingan, patted Zhu Pingan on the shoulder, and said meaningfully.

Zhu Ping'an's blood suddenly accelerated.

"Okay, I've been bothering you for quite some time, so I won't interrupt your official duties. Merlin, let's go."

Zhao Wenhua waved to Hu Zongxian and walked out.

"Farewell, Mr. Zhu." Hu Zongxian handed over to Zhu Ping'an and followed Zhao Wenhua out. (End of chapter)