"Thank you, Mr. Cha." After saying that, Qin Yuming got in through the crack in the door, followed by the four or five soldiers behind him, who got in one after another.

There were so many people coming in at once. The yamen servant was a little surprised and asked: "Why are there so many of you? I..."

Before the yamen servant finished speaking, a steel knife passed through his chest, stuffing everything he wanted to say into his stomach. The yamen servant's eyes suddenly widened and he stared at Qin Yuming for a moment.

After that, he stopped breathing, but his eyes were still open after he died, obviously he was unwilling to rest in peace.

The remaining soldiers also killed the other government officer, dragged their bodies aside, and then slowly opened the city gate.

Outside the city, Liu Zhizu's troops were already ready to attack. After seeing the city gate opened, he immediately led his troops and rushed into the city of Jiezhou.

When the sky gradually lightened up, the chaotic Jiezhou City finally regained its tranquility. The people were ordered to stay at home. The streets were already in a mess, with corpses scattered everywhere.

Most of these corpses were local hooligans. They took advantage of the chaotic situation when the Pei family's army entered the city. They raped, looted, and killed people everywhere on the streets. After being discovered by General Pei, they wanted to fight back, but they were no match for the Pei family's army.

The Pei family army beheaded them on the spot, which could be regarded as atonement for their crimes.

Liu Changle walked up to the city wall of Jiezhou and saw that the top of the wall was filled with countless rolling stones, gold juice and kerosene, and even a few Folang machine cannons. He couldn't help but feel a little scared. Fortunately, he chose to raid, otherwise

If you go head-to-head, Jiezhou may not be easy to win.

But now that the situation has settled, Jiezhou has been firmly in his hands, and Liu Zhizu's eyes turn to the southwest, where his next target will be Puzhou.

The first day of the first lunar month of the sixth year of Chongzhen.

Pei Xiaoer held a grand banquet at the General's Mansion. Since most of the military generals went off to fight, those who could come were basically civil servants.

The Pei Jiajun's current civil service team is no longer the same as before. As the Pei Jiajun captured more states and counties, the number of civil servants expanded rapidly like a ball. Among them, Liu Xianchun was the leader of all political affairs under the Pei Jiajun's rule.

All the civil servants of the Pei Jiajun were in charge of him. Under him were Zhao Junlin in charge of commercial affairs, Xu Ze in charge of taxation, Li Huamin in charge of weapons supervision, and Qiao Chun in charge of public security.

Qiao Chun was the former magistrate of Anyi, and was later captured by Zhang Xianzhong. When the Pei army occupied Anyi, Qiao Chun was left to Pei Xiaoer by Zhang Xianzhong. On Pei Xiaoer's side, Qiao Chun did not suffer much. He was just

How many times have it been turned off?

After a few months, he really couldn't bear the feeling of loneliness. Seeing that Pei Xiaoer was not like ordinary rebels, who only burned, killed and looted, but instead focused on people's livelihood and provided relief to the victims, Qiao Chun half-heartedly agreed to Pei Xiaoer's appointment.

These civil servants make up the top management of the Pei Jiajun, and the only two people with honors in the Pei Jiajun are here. As for other counties, the only way is to promote the original officials. There is no way. So far, the Pei Jiajun has basically failed.

If it is too thin, it will be far from being able to attract enough talents.

In fact, this has something to do with Pei Xiaoer's understanding. Pei Xiaoer does not attach great importance to fame. He prefers to cultivate talents by himself. The talents he cultivates are not only more loyal to him, but also better able to understand himself.

administrative intent.

The way civil servants drank was much more elegant than that of military generals. First, under the leadership of Liu Xianchun, all the civil servants saluted Pei Xiaoer and said some blessings. Pei Xiaoer also said two words of courtesy, and then

Everyone was seated, and delicious delicacies were served one after another like flowing water.

Pei Xiaoer was the first to raise his glass and said: "I wish our army prosperity" and then drank it all in one gulp. After Pei Xiaoer started, everyone began to exchange cups and drink. Unfortunately, they all knew the cultural level of their lord.

, but he didn’t propose reciting poems and writing poems, asking for trouble, otherwise Pei Xiaoer would have to recite a few sentences about the scenery of the northern country to let them see it.

The first day of the first lunar month passed in such a busy manner. According to the local custom on the second day of the lunar month, a married daughter has to go to her parents' house. Naturally, Pei Xiaoer was not exempt from the custom, so early in the morning of the second day of the lunar month, he took Zhao Xinlan there.

Zhao Junlin’s home,

Zhao Junlin has been waiting at the door of the house, but he is not the most anxious. Instead, the most anxious is his brother Zhao Junan.

Zhao Junlin is Pei Xiaoer's father-in-law, and he was promoted to a senior official in charge of business by Pei Xiaoer. He has successfully experienced the addiction of being an official. This makes Zhao Junan extremely envious, and he keeps begging his brother.

, I want to get him in and experience what it’s like to be an official.

It's just that Zhao Junlin is cautious by nature. He knows that his younger brother is a playboy who has been spoiled by his old man and has no abilities in his life. If he recruits him as an official rashly, he may not only harm himself, but even his daughter Zhao Xinlan.

He has put the lives of his whole family on Pei Xiaoer. If Pei Xiaoer really gets pregnant and takes over the world in the 95th year, their family will naturally soar into the sky, so he naturally doesn't want to do it because of Zhao Junan.

Because of this, there was a rift between the Zhao family and Pei Xiaoer.

Seeing that he couldn't help his brother, Zhao Junan could only make other plans and set his sights on Pei Xiaoer. As long as Pei Xiaoer opened his mouth, he didn't believe that other people would dare to say anything.

When Pei Xiaoer and Zhao Xinlan arrived, Zhao Junan was busy and invited Pei Xiaoer into his home. Mr. Zhao of the Zhao family was already waiting at home. When he saw Pei Xiaoer and Zhao Xinlan coming over, he gave Pei Xiaoer a slap first.

Say hello, and then say to Zhao Xinlan.

"Xinlan, your mother misses you so much. You should go to the backyard to find your mother first."

Zhao Xinlan had not seen her mother for a long time, so she missed her mother very much. She bowed to Mr. Zhao and then went to the backyard.

Only Pei Xiaoer and the men from the Zhao family were left in the front hall. Mr. Zhao cordially greeted Pei Xiaoer to take a seat. After the servants made tea, he asked, "Sister-in-law, are you planning to take over the entire Pingyang Mansion?"

"Well," Pei Xiao nodded and said, "Time waits for no one. Now, the officers and soldiers are coming from three directions. I'm afraid that after the officers and soldiers have dealt with the rebels in Taiyuan first, they will then besiege my Pei family's army. By then, our army will be unable to stand alone and face the officers and soldiers.

The threat is very likely to be defeated. Therefore, we can only launch in advance to attract the officers and soldiers to reduce the pressure on the rebel forces in Taiyuan. In this way, the south and the north can cooperate with each other to crush the encirclement and suppression of the officers and soldiers."

People say that people become better with age. Pei Xiaoer gave a rough outline of his plan, hoping that Mr. Zhao could provide some opinions based on his rich experience.

Sure enough, Mr. Zhao pondered for a moment and then said: "Sister-in-law, this is indeed a good idea, but I am afraid that I will entrust it to an inhumane person."

"Oh, how do you say this?"

"I think the rebels in Taiyuan are just a bunch of people robbing homes and houses. If my son-in-law wants to cooperate with them, I'm afraid he needs to be more thoughtful to avoid being implicated by them."

Hearing what Mr. Zhao said, Pei Xiaoer sighed and said helplessly: "What Mr. Zhao said is absolutely true. This is exactly what I am worried about. Although the rebels near Taiyuan were integrated by King Zijin Liang for his own use, they are no longer the same as before.

Big difference. But some things are fundamentally bad and cannot be integrated no matter how high up. This can be seen from the fact that they have been attacking Taiyuan for a long time and have not been able to conquer it.

It’s just that for now, these rebels are the only ones we can rely on, it’s just a helpless move.”

While several people were chatting in the front hall, Zhao Xinlan also met her mother in the backyard.

Mother Zhao took Zhao Xinlan and looked her up and down several times. After seeing that Zhao Xinlan looked good and beautiful, she felt relieved, hugged her daughter, and expressed her thoughts.

After a long time, Zhao's mother's mood calmed down, and she pulled Zhao Xinlan to sit beside her bed and started talking quietly.

"Xinlan. You have been married to General Pei for several months. You should work harder and give birth to an heir as soon as possible."
Chapter completed!