"Come, give General Ma tea." Li Guangyi ordered the servant who was serving him.

General Ma owed Li Guangyi with his upper body sideways and said, "Sir Xie Xunfu."

The servant retreated and went outside to prepare tea for General Ma.

"General Ma is so polite. You and I are in Datong as officials. I am the governor. I am a newcomer. I will have to bother with the general in the future." Li Guangyi said with a smile on his face.

General Ma held his fist at Li Guangyi and said, "If you have any questions, please give me orders. As long as the subordinate can do it, he will do his best to not disappoint the governor."

Li Guangyi smiled softly when he heard this.

After being an official for many years, he has heard too many high-sounding words like this, and he also understands that the Datong general in front of him has some of his own thoughts.

He reached out and picked up the cover bowl on the table next to him, and sent it to his mouth to blow the heat inside, and asked, "General Ma suddenly came to visit, I guess something is wrong!"

The gossip was almost the same, and he asked directly about the purpose of the other party coming to his place.

Before he came to Datong to take office, he heard that General Ma, Datong, had close contacts with the tiger flag, and the purpose of his governor, who could guess as a discerning person, could guess, but he didn't believe General Ma, who would not have thought of it.

At this time, General Ma came to visit him, and he couldn't think of anything else except for business.

"The Governor is as expected." General Ma said, "I recently received the official document sent by the Ministry of War, but the above meaning made the officials a little confused, so I would like to ask you, Governor."

As he said that, he took out a document from his cuff and handed it on with both hands.

"Go and take it." Li Guangyi said to the servants beside him.

The servant walked over and carefully took the official document from General Ma, and then handed it to Li Guangyi with both hands.

Li Guangyi, who received the official documents of the Ministry of War, opened it and took it to his eyes and looked it out.

After reading it, he closed the official document and said to General Ma: "What the official document says is very clear. Let General Ma expand a large camp and ensure the local peace. This is a good thing!"

After saying that, he asked the servants to return the official documents to General Ma.

"It is indeed a good thing for the court to allow Datong to add a battalion of troops, but the above did not say how to raise food and money. Without food and money, even if the subordinates have great skills, they cannot turn into a battalion of troops." General Ma's face looked slightly bitter.

road.

Li Guangyi frowned and said, "Didn't there any money or food above?"

"I didn't say that if the governor doesn't believe it, the official documents of the Ministry of War will be here." General Ma raised the official documents in his hand.

Li Guangyi shook his head gently and said, "I won't read it anymore. Since General Ma said that he didn't write it on it, he must have not written it. I think the Ministry of War forgot it."

He naturally knew the matter of raising money and grain in the official documents of the Ministry of War. He also understood the purpose of the General Ma in front of him. However, it is impossible for him to issue money and grain in the new Datong camp to be paid by his governor's yamen unless there is a court.

The decree issued.

"The Ministry of War should not make any mistakes in such a big thing." General Ma said with a bitter face.

He knew in his heart that it was not that the Ministry of War had made the wrong official documents, but that the Ministry of War had no intention of giving him money and food, but wanted him to expand a large camp of troops.

"It's hard to say. Maybe some minor official accidentally made a mistake. General Ma would better ask the Ministry of War for a question." Li Guangyi said.

General Ma smiled bitterly and said, "I will not hide it from the Governor. The Xiaguan came this time because he hoped that the Governor could raise money and food for the Xiaguan, otherwise the Xiaguan would not be able to complete the mission of the Ministry of War."

"General Ma has found the wrong person to find this governor. Even the governor's yamen cannot take out so much money and food. It's not that I am unwilling to help General Ma, I am really powerless." Li Guangyi politely declined General Ma and refused General Ma.

Requirements.

The money and grain of a large camp are definitely not enough once or twice. As long as the camp is still there, money and grain will be continuously supplied. He, a newly appointed governor, has nowhere to find so much money and grain to fill this hole.

"Governor, you have to help the officials, otherwise the officials would really not be able to raise so much money and food." General Ma begged.

The border army's money and grain were allocated by the Ministry of Revenue, and the local taxes were collected by various government agencies. As a general, he could only lead the troops, and he had no place to find money and grain, so he could only find Li Guangyi, the governor of Datong.

Li Guangyi shook his head and said, "The money and grain collected from the local government are all counted. Without the will of the court, this governor cannot misappropriate a grain of grain."

It is a serious crime to embezzle official grains privately. He cannot and cannot take care of General Ma’s troubles.

"The lower-ranking officials do not ask the governor to raise food and money for the subordinates, but only hope that the governor can submit a report with the subordinates to the court and ask the court to distribute the new food and money for the large camp." General Ma saw that Li Guangyi did not agree to collect food and money for him, so he only

If you can retreat and follow the second, please ask Li Guangyi to submit a memorial with him.

"This!" Li Guangyi pinched the beard on his chin and looked thoughtful.

It is impossible for the court to know that the General Datong could not provide so much food and salary, but still let the General Datong expand his troops in a large camp, which made him a little confused about the attitude of the court.

So he didn't dare to agree randomly.

If the court intends to use this matter as an excuse to replace General Ma, Datong General, and he will submit a request for food and salary with General Ma at this time, it will be equivalent to offending the minister in the court who presided over the matter.

General Ma secretly looked at Li Guangyi.

If Li Guangyi was unwilling to submit a memorial to the court with him, he would probably not be able to be the general for long.

At this moment, Pei Hong on the other side suddenly asked: "Is this camp that the imperial court asked General Ma to expand to deal with the tiger flag?"

His words interrupted Li Guangyi's contemplation.

Li Guangyi glanced at Pei Hong.

The Mongolians in the north rarely come to the border. Even if they come, they will make small fuss and cannot threaten the safety of the border. Therefore, the troops in the border town are enough, but the court wants to make Datong at this time.

It is self-evident to add a large camp of troops to guard against whom.

General Ma hesitated for a moment.

Although anyone with discerning eyes knows that the court did this to guard against the tiger flag, it is difficult for him to admit it directly without writing this in the official document.

If the tiger flag is recruited one day, it is reported that he had said that the court would deal with the tiger flag, maybe the court would treat him as a scapegoat in order to appease the tiger flag.

Pei Hong waited for a while, and saw that General Ma had no words, he smiled softly. He said, "Even if General Ma didn't say it, I know what the court meant, otherwise it wouldn't have happened to add a battalion to Datong at this time.

Army."
Chapter completed!