Now Zhao Tai will soon have territory, and his subordinates who can lead troops already have three melons and two dates, which they can barely use.

Generally speaking, when your power develops to this level, you have to find a dog-headed military advisor to help handle government affairs and formulate routes and development policies.

This can be said to be the most important step in conquering the world.

In history, many people, because they did not take this step and did not receive the support of scholars, either became goalless bandits or bandits and failed to achieve great success.

Zhao Tai was a little surprised when he saw that the scholar, wearing a coarse cloth and riding a mule, did not panic in the face of the army and was dragging him like 2,580,000 yuan.

Xu Erzhu glanced at him with disdain, "He! Jiaoyu from this county is poor, miserable, and just a rotten scholar!"

Sun Li added: "Ms. sir, that guy's name is Wang Wentong. It is said that he is a Jinshi. He is quite arrogant and does not take his brothers seriously!"

Zhao Tai nodded slightly and wrote down the name. He felt it was familiar, but he didn't know where he had heard it before.

Zhao Tai didn't think about him at the moment, but went straight to the county government office.

At this time, the county magistrate who received the news and a group of county officials were waiting in front of the government office early.

Zhao Tai did not have much prestige when speaking in Xuzhou, but it was different in Suining.

First of all, as the deputy envoy of Xuanfu on the East and West Roads of Shandong, he could control the garrison in Suining. Secondly, he was also responsible for knowing the affairs of Tengzhou and Pizhou. In other words, he also served as the magistrate of Tengzhou and Pizhou.

This is tantamount to grabbing the military and political power, and he is the most powerful person in Suining County.

Therefore, Suining County Magistrate did not dare to neglect. He led a group of subordinates to wait, and saw Zhao Tai and his party coming to the Yamen from a distance.

Sun Li, Xu Erzhu and others, as well as the county magistrate Zheng Shaobo, all knew him. He had never seen the new deputy envoy Xuanfu, but seeing Sun and Xu surrounding this tall and handsome young man, he knew that this was Zhao Tai.

Zheng Shaobo is in his fifties. Like all officials who have been struggling for decades and still cannot be promoted, it is difficult for him not to feel jealous when he sees Zhao Tai's handsome face.

He originally thought that Zhao Tai was at least forty years old, but seeing that he was only in his early twenties, he had already become the deputy envoy of Xuanfu. In ten years, he would become a political minister of Pingzhang.

"You are Magistrate Zheng!" When Zheng Shaobo lost his mind, Zhao Tai had already dismounted and came to him.

Zheng Shaobo came to his senses and quickly led his subordinates to salute, "Your Majesty Zheng Wenbo has met Prime Minister Xuan!"

Zhao Tai nodded slightly, "No need to be polite! Let's go in first!"

Zhao Taixuan took the lead and walked directly into the Yamen. Zheng Shaobo quickly led the way and took him to the lobby to sit down. Zheng Shaobo, Sun Li and others were on both sides.

At this time, Zhao Tai looked at Magistrate Zheng and said with a smile: "The imperial court intends to regain Shandong, and has ordered me to operate the east and west roads of Shandong to prepare for the army's counterattack. Now I want to set up the headquarters in Suining to control the military and political power of Suining.

You must obey my orders!"

"Here!" Everyone clasped their fists solemnly.

Zhao Tai then asked: "How many troops and horses are there in Suining, how many households are there and how many grains are there? Please tell me."

Sun Li stepped out and clasped his fists, "Report to the Prime Minister, there are three thousand soldiers and horses in Suining City!"

Zhao Tai asked: "How is the training and equipment?"

Sun Li was a little embarrassed, "Replying to my husband, they are all new soldiers and have not had time to train. The equipment is very lacking. Ninety-nine percent of the soldiers have no armor. The whole army only has more than 20 pieces of armor and eight old horses!"

Zhao Tai frowned, "The army must train as soon as possible. As for the equipment, I will find a way!"

Zheng Shaobo saluted and said: "To inform you, Mr. Suining, there are 10,000 registered households in Suining. However, in recent years, the population has continued to flee south. There are about 5,000 households left and less than 30,000 people. As for money and food, the county has almost

No!"

After listening to their statements, Zhao Tai felt that running Suining was not an easy task.

Zhao Tai is not too worried about military matters. He has a large number of Song aid at his disposal and will soon be able to rearm Suining's garrison. He only needs to train diligently.

The key now is how to govern Suining. He looked at Zheng Shaobo and said, "Magistrate Zheng, a group of hungry people will arrive in Suining later. I want to know if the Suining County government team is fully staffed?"

Zheng Wenbo said: "Reporting to my husband, the county has not paid salaries for several months, and many officials have already made a living on their own. Now the Yamen is also severely short of personnel!"

Zhao Tai muttered: "How much money is owed, I will allocate it to you. You can replenish the staff as soon as possible and restore the functions of the government!"

Zheng Shaobo raised his head in surprise and saluted quickly, "I accept my order!"

Now the finance of the Jin Dynasty court has gone bankrupt, and both the local government and the court are short of money. Zheng Shaobo did not expect that Zhao Tai could get money and food, and his face was full of excitement.

Zhao Tai looked at him and asked: "I want to run Suining and make progress in Shandong, and I am in urgent need of talents right now! Magistrate Zheng, you are the parent official of this county. Do you know if there are any famous people in Suining who can be used by me?"

Zheng Shaobo pondered and said: "Reporting to my husband, there is a man in the county who teaches Yu Wang Wentong. He is a Jinshi and is quite talented."

This evaluation was contrary to Sun Li and others. Zhao Tai couldn't help but ask: "Even if he is a Jinshi, I think he is not young at all, why is he just a Jiaoyu!"

Zheng Shaobo said: "Reporting to my husband, he was originally an official in Shandong. When the Mongols invaded Shandong, he abandoned his official position and left, so he was demoted to this county."

Zhao Tai heard what he said and felt that Wang Wentong was not a great talent. However, Zhao Tai was short of people now, so he didn't care about that many people. "In that case, let him come to the county government office to meet with me!"

Zheng Shaobo said: "My lord, what a coincidence. He has resigned just now and is going to leave. Wang Wentong is quite talented and thinks very highly of himself. I'm afraid he won't come!"

Nowadays, the administrative system of the Jin Kingdom is in chaos. It stands to reason that Jiaoyu is still an official, and his resignation requires the approval of the court. However, many local officials, seeing that Mongolia was powerful and the Jin Dynasty court did not pay salaries, simply took off and ran away.

After listening to Zheng Wenbo's words, Zhao Tai knew that this Wang Wentong should be the kind of egoist who is talented but not righteous, seeking benefits and avoiding disadvantages. Otherwise, he would not have abandoned his official position and run away when the Mongols came, seeing that the Jinguo Building was about to collapse.

, and prepared to run away with the bucket again.

Wang Wentong! Wang Wentong! Zhao Tai murmured this name.

Suddenly, Zhao Tai's eyes lit up. Could it be Kublai Khan's money bag, which used the silver standard to issue Zhongtong banknotes? In the end, he colluded with the Han warlord Li Fen with the intention of causing rebellion in the Yuan Dynasty, and was killed by Kublai Khan.

Zhang Zhengshi Wang Wentong?

Thinking of this, Zhao Tai became more energetic and quickly ordered: "Er Zhu, send someone to guard the city gate immediately, don't let Wang Wentong escape."

After Shandong was captured by the Mongols, Wang Wentong ran to Henan and found another job as Suining Jiaoyu.

While he was in Suining, he kept his eyes on the world. After repeated battles at Fengshan, he felt that the Jin Kingdom was over. He also saw the Jin army in Suining City acting recklessly. He expected that the Jin Kingdom would be difficult to revive and would be destroyed in the past two years.

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A gentleman does not stand a dangerous wall, so he decided to resign again and prepare to return to Shandong, where he would visit various princes to see if there was anyone who could help him.

When Zhao Tai entered the county government, Wang Wentong returned home. He packed up alone and rode his mule to the city gate.
Chapter completed!