The next morning, in Hanzhong City.

Under the leadership of a soldier, Yang Xiao walked slowly along the street. Beside him, he followed Wang Zhengnan.

This was the first time Yang Xiao stepped into Hanzhong City. Looking around, he saw that the streets were densely filled with people fleeing famine. They all fled into the city before the bandits besieged Hanzhong. Since there was no place to live, they could only sleep on the streets.

Those with slightly better conditions are covered with a broken quilt. Those with poor conditions are just wearing two layers of single clothes. At this time, it is late autumn, with heavy frost and cold dew, even if they live indoors, they have to make a fire to keep warm. But they can only wait here. Although the conditions here are hard, they can still save their lives. If they get outside the city and are caught by bandits, they will be really worse than death.

"The people suffer! Death, the people suffer!"

Yang Xiao walked along the way, and what he saw and heard completely shocked his eyes. When he first came to the noble realm, he originally thought that he could live well, have a house and a field, marry a few more beautiful wives and concubines, and spend the rest of his life safely. But at this moment, his heart seemed to be caught by something, and he couldn't breathe.

"What is a rebel army? It's just a bandit, or it can't be suppressed. I don't know how many people will die." Yang Xiao suddenly had a thought in his heart. When he read history books before, when he read thousands of miles of white bones and roosters crowing, he just passed by and had no deep reaction at all. But everything he saw in front of him really appeared in front of him.

"Can you really give the people a way out if you solve the thief?" Yang Xiao's thought just arose, and then he smiled bitterly. The Ming Dynasty was already rotten, and even Chongzhen, who was working hard every day, could not solve it. So what can he do with a small whistle?

What's more, this is just a small microcosm of the Ming Dynasty. In Liaodong, there are the Later Jin soldiers.

"A lesson from the past!" Yang Xiao sighed: "Things at the end of the Ming Dynasty were even more difficult than those at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty. Most of the troubles in the Northern Song Dynasty were on the border, but at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was internal and external difficulties."

"Sir, there is the government office ahead." said the sergeant leading the way.

This place is much better than when I first entered the city. There are no people living on the roadside. There are only guards after guards guarding a majestic mansion.

"Sir, please rest here. The General is discussing matters. See you again later!" The soldier arranged Yang Xiao and the others to the doorman and continued.

"It's trouble." Yang Xiao secretly stuffed a piece of silver while bowing his hand.

"Thank you, sir."

The soldier just touched his hand and estimated that the piece of silver weighed about two taels, and immediately smiled.

"I'm going to report to the General now. Please wait a moment."

The soldier then walked out, and after a moment, he turned back and bowed to Yang Xiaoyi: "Sir General, please invite him."

In the mansion, there were even more vigilant. There were Ming soldiers wearing leather armor everywhere. When they entered the main hall, there were even several iron-armored guards, pressing their hands on their waists and not squinted.

If ordinary people see this majestic situation, they will not walk smoothly, but Yang Xiao looks as usual. I have seen the military parades in later generations several times. No matter how strong this majesty is, it is deliberately pretending. How could it be as solemn as the military parades?

"It turns out that he is the general, he is much more arrogant than my cheapest brother." Yang Xiao muttered to himself as he looked at the surrounding situation.

"It seems like a knowledgeable person." The soldier led the way and peeked at Yang Xiao. Seeing that his behavior and expression had not changed at all, he leisurely looked at the scenes around him, and looked at him a little higher in his heart.

After walking through the ground made of blue bricks, we arrived at the main hall. The door was open, and there were more than a dozen generals wearing iron armor. Each of them had bright helmets and bright armor, without looking sideways, and looked like statues.

In the middle of the main hall, there is a huge table. It is painted in black, and cloud patterns are drawn with gold paint on the hem of the table. There are large seals, flags and other objects on the table.

Behind the table, there was also a general wearing iron armor, with a serious expression and extremely majestic.

"The whistleman Zuo Liangchen, I have met the General."

Yang Xiao walked into the hall calmly, knelt on one knee, and shouted loudly.

"Okay! It turns out that a hero is a young man. If you have a brother in Kunshan, you can be proud of yourself!" The voice from the hall was heard.

"It seems that Li Bei is pretty good, and he has not erased my achievements." Yang Xiao thought in his heart and replied: "It is all the emperor's wise and wise candles. The general soldier is like a god. Only in this way can he break the thief in the wild and bring the bright world of Hanzhong City. Good ministers read books of sages and learned the holy teachings, and knew the principle of loyalty to the king and the country. Killing thieves and defeating the enemy, he dared not take credit."

Yang Xiao said this very beautifully. First, he put the emperor and Li Bei in front of him, second, he told him about his previous identity, a scholar. Third, he said an important thing, that is, he had received a hasty teaching. Regardless of whether it was an imperial edict or a verbal commendation, Chongzhen said his name anyway.

Li Bei naturally knew Yang Xiao's origin, and also knew that he had received Chen Qiyu's imperial edict from the generations in the Chexiang Gorge. Today's emperor is extremely difficult to serve. To put it bluntly, he is moody and has few plans and few kindness. In the past few years of ascension to the throne, he has killed many people. Even those like Yuan Chonghuan who have heavy troops and have received Shang Fangjian say that they will kill them. What is the point of killing others?

This emperor has another characteristic, that is, if he falls in love with someone, he will take great care of him. Wen Tiren is the chief assistant he looks for. Countless people inside and outside the court have shocked him, but Chongzhen recognized him. This kind of emphasis is completely different from his meanness when he killed other people.

Since ancient times, being with the king is like a tiger. As a top military general, Li Bei could not understand this truth. Emperor Chongzhen had heard of his name, but who knew that one day he would remember this boy, and he would probably have risen to the top.

Carrying people in a sedan chair is the only rule for the officialdom. What's more, Yang Xiao also gave him two great gifts, one of which was to resolve the siege of Hanzhong. And the other was Li Shuangxi's head.

With these two great achievements in hand, Li Bei can be said to be in the emperor's heart. Therefore, he pretended to complain to Yang Xiao and said, "Good minister, if you are not greedy for me, will this general be greedy for your achievements?"

"I don't dare!" Yang Xiao bowed his head deeply.

"I have reported the good news from Hanzhong. I have already reported to the Governor of the Three Borders. During this period, I have carefully counted your achievements and recommended you as a guard. I believe that a flying edict will arrive soon."

"The whistleman is an extraordinary upgrade to the garrison." Yang Xiao said in his heart, then he clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for your cultivation!"

"In addition, in my report to Lord Hong, I also counted the contributions of your subordinates. I believe that there will be arrangements in Lord Hong's edict at that time." Li Bei then said again.

"Thank you!"

Li Bei sat high under the main seat in the lobby, looking at Yang Xiao's garrison position, and had already entered the ranks of intermediate officers. If it were exchanged for ordinary people, it would be difficult to suppress the joy on his face. However, Yang Xiao showed a calm and gentle manner, and he had a strong sense of not being happy with things or being sad with himself.

"This scholar's moral integrity, knows etiquette, knows advancement and retreat. He is good at making plans and making decisions. It can be seen from his plan to resolve the siege of Hanzhong. Since the Ming Dynasty, it has been a custom to use civil servants to integrate military affairs. Now, although the position of military officials has risen, the military commander is still civil servants. Lord Hong also has a civil servant. If he saw Zuo Liangchen's appearance, he would not be able to praise him. I might as well make friends with him first so that he can leave a good relationship for the future."

Li Bei thought for a while, and had made up his mind, and then said, "Although the siege of Hanzhong was resolved, the bandits were scattered and there was no way to save food, so there might be trouble again. You should be promoted to the garrison. If you lack people under your command, it would be better to recruit people here first. I will use a thousand people in the treasury. What do you think?"

After hearing what Li Bei said, the generals sitting in the hall also had a riot. They looked at Yang Xiao's eyes and were quite curious. I don't know where the general sent out today, and he would actually send out thousands of military supplies for 1,000 people.

"Thank you, General!" Yang Xiao showed joy.

This is a real human favor. Now at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the people were displaced and recruiting soldiers was very easy. However, there was a very shortage of military supplies. Li Bei was able to take out a thousand military funds to Yang Xiao, which shows how hard he put in.

"A mere trivial matter is not worthy of justice." Li Bei waved his hand indifferently.

"Wu Weifan!"

"exist!"

"This is for me to give to Liangchen for training troops. I will tell my subordinates not to get ahead."

"I understand!" Wu Weifan hugged his fists and sat down with dissatisfaction.

The military system collapsed in the late Ming Dynasty, and the payment of military pay changed hands several times. From the Ministry of War, it was a blessing that the big head soldiers could have two-tenths left. Now that Li Bei said this, it was clear that he would not allow other people to make profits. He had to give the materials used by Yang Xiao and the thousand men.

"Good minister!" Li Bei stood up and walked to Yang Xiao's side.

"Sir General!"

"It's getting late, and I still have official duties here. I won't leave you here for dinner. We'll have a few drinks when we have the chance."

"Sir, I'm busy with official duties, so I'll say goodbye now." Yang Xiao hurriedly gave a gift.

"I'll give you a gift!" Li Bei said, and walked out of the lobby side by side with Yang Xiao.
Chapter completed!