Rebirth of a Female General

Chapter 241
Wu Fang, the master of Yangcheng, Yan Qing remembered this person.

He was a classmate of Guo Youning when he was young, and later became an official worshiping Yushi Zhongcheng, but because of his aggressive words, he aroused the dissatisfaction of the emperor, and was later found wrong and sent far to northern Xinjiang.

It was originally a criminal official who was exiled, but Xu Xiangfeng interceded for him. The emperor looked at Xu Xiangfeng's face and made him a favor, and let him work as a small official in the Yangcheng government office.

It's ridiculous to say that Wu Fang is probably the first Beijing official in history to receive an imperial edict and go to the prefect's yamen in a frontier town to be a small official.

Later, Guo Youning was grateful for the friendship between his classmates when he was young, and couldn't bear his old friend's lack of talent and depression all day long, and felt that it was a pity that his talent was buried, so he wrote to the emperor to intercede for him, and referred him to his side as the master book, responsible for the paperwork of Yangcheng. , Even in the military affairs of the Zhenbei Army, you can get half a foot.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is half of the military division that Guo Youning mentioned based on favors.

Wu Fang does have some skills. Although he is in charge of big things based on his favor, he can actually get things done. He can even give some just-right suggestions to solve the problem that northern Xinjiang needs to spend a lot of manpower, material and financial resources every year. problem of ordnance repair.

Northern Xinjiang is too cold in winter, and the temperature difference between day and night is too large in summer. Large-scale ordnance cannot be collected and stored. It is exposed to cold wind all year round and is eroded by wind and frost.

According to the climate in northern Xinjiang and the damage of the advanced ordnance, Wu Fang screened the materials for the ordnance, improved the style of the ordnance, and suggested that Guo Youning write to the emperor for the right to self-manufacture the ordnance in northern Xinjiang.

The reason is that the special climate in northern Xinjiang has caused serious depletion of ordnance in northern Xinjiang, which has greatly increased the financial pressure on the treasury.

If Northern Xinjiang is allowed to obtain local materials and use the native, cold-resistant materials in Northern Xinjiang to make ordnance, the erosion of frost on ordnance can be greatly reduced.

Naturally, there is a large amount of expenses for repairing ordnance damage, which can be used elsewhere; the resident soldiers and horses in northern Xinjiang can also be reduced by one tenth, and this part of the population can be invested in farming to promote the economy of northern Xinjiang improvement.

And after Beijiang manufactured its own ordnance, the imperial court no longer needed to transport ordnance from the mainland to Beijiang.

The expenses along the way will naturally be saved.

Correspondingly, the imperial court can send people to northern Xinjiang to inspect ordnance manufacturing and control the use of ordnance consumables.

At the same time, every time a batch of ordnance is manufactured in northern Xinjiang, when the tax is paid that year, it is necessary to pay an extra high amount of ordnance tax to the imperial court.

The euphemistic name is because this special case is only opened in the northern Xinjiang, fearing that it will attract dissatisfaction from the generals of the other three Xinjiang, so taxes are added to show fairness.

In fact, it was nothing more than asking Guo Youning to spend money to avoid disaster.

It is a taboo to hand over the power of armament manufacturing to the frontier generals. Of course, the emperor who sits high in the temple is afraid that the frontier generals will privately manufacture a large number of armaments, strengthen their troops, rebel and disrupt other countries.

But if there is not enough money to stay in northern Xinjiang, even if Guo Youning has armed the northern Xinjiang army to the teeth, he will not be able to raise a large number of troops if he has no money to feed his men.

Even if the Eastern Xinjiang and Western Xinjiang are the constraints, even if the northern Xinjiang army is well-equipped, it is difficult to become a traitor.

In addition, this matter was proposed by Guo Youning himself in a letter, which to a large extent dispelled the emperor's doubts, and the emperor approved the matter.

The improvement of ordnance has saved the border guards from spending a lot of time every year on the repair of ordnance. They have more leisure time and spend more and more time with their families. The life of each family is getting better and better.

As soldiers with vested interests, their homes and houses are peaceful, the fields are rich and the houses are warm, and their days are happy. Naturally, they have given up their previous dislike of Wu Fang's favor and taking office, and respect him from the bottom of his heart.

Guo Youning is also more fond of Wu Fang because he has solved a confidant matter for him.

As a result, Wu Fang gradually gained a firm foothold in northern Xinjiang and the Zhenbei Army.

It is said that the grace of knowledge and encounter is greater than the sky.

Wu Fangneng has the right to speak second only to Guo Youning in northern Xinjiang, and Guo Youning's promotion is indispensable.

But Wu Fang is not from Guo Youning.

Probably the so-called grace of knowledge and encounter is also to be divided into first-come-first-served.

Unfortunately, Guo Youning was the one who supported Wu Fang later.

The first person who made Wu Fang grateful and loyal was Xu Xiangfeng.

Get close to Guo Youning, use the friendship of classmates to win Guo Youning Tongqing, become Guo Youning's right-hand man, and thus gain enough power to control the northern Xinjiang. Monitoring Guo Youning's every move is one of his ways to repay Xu Xiangfeng.

Perhaps in his view, Guo Youning's support to him is not the kindness of Zhiyu, but just what he deserves after his own painstaking planning.

Otherwise, he would not have done it in the last life. After Guo Youning was trapped, he put Guo Youning's only daughter Guo Jia under house arrest, in order to coerce the Zhenbei Army stationed in Yangcheng not to act rashly.

Later, he said that Guo Youning had an order that even if he died in the front, he would still defend Yangcheng and the last line of defense in northern Xinjiang, so that the Zhenbei Army stationed in Yangcheng would not dare to disobey Guo Youning's military order, and led the army to support Mo city.

In addition, Guo Jia was in Yangcheng, even if it was to protect Guo Youning's only bloodline, before receiving Guo Youning's reinforcement order, they did not dare to go to support them easily.

But in fact, Wu Fang instructed Ma Zhian to intercept several letters of help from Mocheng and several reinforcement orders from Guo Youning before they entered the range of Shiliting in Yangcheng.

It is worth mentioning that after Ma Zhian was transferred back to Yangcheng, he was also promoted by Wu Fang before he sat in the position of Deputy General Guo Youning.

In the end, Guo Youning went to the front line, but it was Wu Fang's idea to let Ma Zhian stay in Yangcheng.

The ridiculous thing is that before Guo Youning went to the front line, he knew that there was a high probability that Wen Zhemao would not keep him, an old minister who once had a heart for King Duan, and he might never return.

Therefore, before his departure, he entrusted Gu Wu Fang to ask the two of them to protect Guo Jia no matter what, and at least let him live his life safely without asking for great wealth.

But he didn't expect that Guo Jia had long been a pawn being targeted by others.

Wu Fang asked Ma Zhian to use Guo Jia as a threat, and Guo Youning's legacy as an excuse, in order to make the Yangcheng Northern Army have some scruples, knowing that the front line is dangerous, they dare not easily send troops for reinforcements.

And the requests for help and reinforcement orders he asked Ma Zhian to detain turned out to be evidence that after he rushed to northern Xinjiang, Ma Zhian held back his troops for fear of death, thus delaying the military situation. Guo Youning's position.

It is also because of this that after Guo Youning's death, she was able to quickly take over all important military and political affairs in Northern Xinjiang, and gain a firm foothold in Northern Xinjiang in one fell swoop.

But he had already made it right, even if he sent troops to reinforce Guo Youning as soon as he arrived in Northern Xinjiang, Guo Youning would not be able to last until the reinforcements arrived.

This was Xu Xiangfeng's surrender to Wen Zhemao as the leader of the former king's henchmen.

With the military power of the entire northern border, with the head of the number one general who once held a heavy army under his own hands.

(End of this chapter)