Jiang Hao wore a warm smile, but to Commander Tian, it now looked incomparably terrifying. His hands, feet, and body would not obey him at all, as though they no longer belonged to him. He wanted to scream, but no sound came out. He could not even beg for mercy and could only stare wide-eyed as Jiang Hao did whatever he pleased to him.
Jiang Hao reached into Commander Tian's robe and rummaged around, finding his own banknotes. Not only that, there were two more notes, for a total of three hundred taels. Jiang Hao accepted them all with a smile.
He got up and headed outside. When Jiang Hao reached the entrance, his expression suddenly changed to one of panic. He threw open the curtain and shouted, "Something's wrong! Commander Tian has suffered a stroke! Hurry and find someone to treat him!"
At Jiang Hao's shout, the guards immediately rushed inside. Seeing Commander Tian lying on the ground with his hands curled into claws, they promptly notified the camp physician. After examining him, the physician said, "My lord's symptoms do indeed resemble a stroke."
"Is there any way to treat it?" someone asked.
"Recovering from a stroke is difficult, but I know several prescriptions we can try," said the camp physician.
"Then go prepare them," the guard immediately said.
Something major had happened here, and someone promptly informed the garrison's supervising eunuch. A major characteristic of the Great Ming was the practice of having eunuchs supervise the military. These eunuchs controlled military logistics, pay, provisions, and weapons.
Logistics were the lifeblood of any army. With the eunuchs holding them in their hands, they held the army's vital artery.
Not only that, the supervising eunuchs also had the authority to oversee military officers and report their faults to the throne.