When Tian Qiniang heard this, her face became even more cold, He Zhimiao recovered the four towns of Muhua, but the biggest problem at the moment was that if the four towns of Muhua were defeated, they would have to send troops to garrison them.

Now it is roughly estimated that there must be at least 30,000 soldiers and horses left behind in the four towns of Muhua, and these 30,000 soldiers have been guarding the border for a long time, and military food and horse food are a big problem. It is certainly a method to transport from the mainland, but the road is far away, the road is not quiet, and every bucket of grain transported, I am afraid that it will not consume five buckets.

He Zhimiao had already written to the court to discuss the matter of Tuntian, and after discussing it, the court agreed to his suggestion and decided to let him stay temporarily and open up Tuntian. Although the supply provided by opening up the tuntian was less than half of the food needed by the border army, and the rest had to be transported from the Central Plains, it was better than relying on all the supplies from the imperial court.

If there is chaos in the southwest at this time, I am afraid that the voice of revoking the four towns of Muhua will be very loud and occupy the mainstream of the imperial court. And the restoration of the four towns of Muhua is the only military achievement of Tian Qiniang's dynasty so far, and Tian Qiniang is willing to revoke it.

Tian Qiniang thought of this, and said angrily: "Hong Seyan! It's so incomprehensible to take care of the overall situation, it should be killed! ”

Pei Su saw that the eye medicine was almost up, so he said: "Sage, this is the chapter that Hong Seyan has just played in the imperial court, talking about the rebellion in Yunjun, sage, please see!" ”

Tian Qiniang took the chapter and read it carefully, and said suspiciously: "What Hong Seyan said in the chapter doesn't seem to match what Xiangye said!" ”

Pei Kun said: "There is also a piece of the governor and ambassador Yao'er, which has just been presented to the capital on an 800-mile fast horse, please read it by the sage." ”

Yao'er's letter was ghostwritten by Chen Ruzhi, which also mentioned the rebellion of the Baiman and Wuman in Yunjun. But what Hong Seyan said in the recital is that the barbarians have long been in collusion and plotted to rebel, because he found out that he had to start an incident in advance. In Yao'er's recital, it is directly pointed out that Hong Seyan indiscriminately killed innocents, embezzled ink and bribes, and forced the white barbarians to rebel.

Tian Qiniang looked at it, and didn't know which of the two of them should be believed for a while, although now is not the time to hold them accountable, but different judgments will determine whether the imperial court will appease or suppress the southwest frontier. The major affairs of the country of soldiers, how could Tian Qiniang not be cautious.

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Jiang Dexu stroked his long beard. He said thoughtfully: "Once the situation in the southwest is chaotic, the country will become a big disaster, and now the imperial court is using troops against the Western Regions." It is even more important not to force it too much, otherwise the situation will be even more out of control if the barbarians defect to South Vietnam. The ethnic groups in the southwest are intertwined, and the situation has always been complicated. Restraint is the most suitable policy there. Therefore, it is better to suppress and caress than to caress and to sooth.

Now, according to Yao'er, the barbarian rebellion is to be blackmailed and coerced, and to resist in anger, so it is more appropriate to give grace and appeasement. The minister thought that the only thing to do was to punish the first evil and resolve the resentment of the barbarians. The turmoil dissipated naturally. The king should decisively order the punishment of Hong Seyan, and then order the southwest officials to pacify him as soon as possible. Calm the situation. ”

Tian Qiniang glanced at Jiang Dexu and asked, "Xiangye is sitting in the capital like the old woman, how do you know that the situation in the southwest is as Yao'er said?" If the judgment is wrong, and the Tu Barbarians really have the intention to rebel, and they have already secretly colluded with Chu Man to South Vietnam, then once the imperial court is slow to send troops, I am afraid that the road back to the east will be cut off! ”

Jiang Dexu said calmly: "The two of them say that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, and now the minister only relies on a letter from the two of them, so it is naturally difficult to distinguish between right and wrong." However, if we look at it with the recent recitals of the officials in the southwest, it will be clear what the minister thinks the truth is. ”

Tian Qiniang is old, her energy is not good, and she no longer works hard about state affairs, since she has Zheng Anyi, a beautiful man, who indulges in pleasure every day, she doesn't care much about state affairs, Jiang Dexu talked about the recent concerts of southwest officials, Tian Qiniang was completely impressed, and couldn't help but look at Pei Kun.

Pei Kun said: "The chapter that Xiangye said was sent to Jingshi a few days ago, and the sage has already approved it, so Pei Kun will look for it." ”

Pei Kun searched for a while, turned out a few letters, and handed them to Tian Qiniang, the top one was the chapter of Chen Ruzhi, the assassin of Qiongjun.

In the recital, Chen Ruzhi accused Hong Seyan of extorting localities, taking bribes on a large scale, slaughtering innocent people, and in order to obtain benefits, he made up a big alliance with the barbarian leaders to commit rebellion, and intimidated them in the name of the imperial court, forcing them to contribute wealth to eliminate disasters.

It is also mentioned that Hong Seyan detained the barbarian leaders and refused to release them only after receiving contributions, and also mentioned that the leaders of two small tribes were forcibly accused of being accomplices in the rebellion because they did not contribute, and their leaders were executed.

Chen Ruzhi finally said in the recital that the barbarian people in the southwest are fierce, the people are martial, and Hong Seyan's behavior has aroused the resentment of all ethnic groups, and he will be reprimanded if he does not give an order. Repentance may have unforeseen consequences.

See here. Tian Qiniang suddenly had the impression that she had indeed seen such a piece of music a few days ago, but she didn't care about it at the time, but felt that Chen Ruzhi's words were too much.

This Chen Ruzhi was originally promoted to Beijing by her, and made him a member of the Fengge House, which cannot be said to be reused. Who knew that this person didn't know what to do, and repeatedly refuted her will, Tian Qiniang drove him out of the capital in a fit of anger, and since then she has no good impression of this person.

In addition, the imperial history is to supervise hundreds of officials, originally standing on the opposite side of the officials, not very popular, she doesn't care about the impeachment of the imperial history, the imperial history does not care about the soldiers, does not govern, in her opinion, it will not cause great harm, if the officials are full of good things for the imperial history, it is really dangerous.

In particular, Chen Ruzhi is a magistrate, Hong Seyan is the imperial history of the Beijing faction, the positions of the two people are very different, Chen Ruzhi is an official, and he is concerned about the stability and local interests in his jurisdiction, and the court officials are ordered to go out of Beijing, and they are inherently in conflict with the magistrates, and it is inevitable that they will not be welcomed.

With this consideration, Tian Qiniang didn't take Chen Ruzhi's words to heart, she just thought that he was bluffing and wanted to drive Hong Seyan away, and didn't want Hong Seyan to cause some trouble in his territory and come out and ask him to rub his buttocks. Now looking at Chen Ruzhi's letter, Tian Qiniang's thoughts are very different.

Tian Qiniang looked at several other recitals, which were all of Chen Ruzhi's impeachment of Hong Seyan by his friendly colleagues in the southwest, although the words were much gentler than Chen Ruzhi's, but the meaning was much the same.

The so-called three people become tigers, not to mention that Hong Seyan is indeed powerful in the southwest, and he has a lot of tricks to grasp, most of these recitals cite some examples, and the more Tian Qiniang looks at it, the more angry he becomes. I couldn't help but ask, "Who is the Southwest Observation Envoy?" ”

Jiang Dexu bowed and said: "It's the supervision of the imperial history Pei Huaigu!" ”

Tian Qiniang said: "With an eight-hundred-mile fast horse, I passed it on to Pei Huaigu, and ordered him to be the ambassador to appease the barbarians, and immediately went to Yunjun to appease the barbarians." Calm the situation. On the day of the arrival, Hong Seyan will be removed from his status as a messenger and suspended from his post to be participated! ”

Jiang Dexu got up and said, "The minister obeys the order!" ”

The reason why Tian Qiniang didn't hand over this mission to Yao'er was because of her own considerations.

First of all, Pei Huaigu is the supreme governor of the southwest, and the rebellion is his job, and it is natural for him to be responsible. Bypassing the local governor and sending a Beijing official, many things have to be constantly communicated with the capital and with the local officials, and the Beijing officials are not familiar with the local situation. It's inevitable that there will be another mess.

In addition, Yao'er and Hong Seyan are opposites, although Tian Qiniang now believes eighty percent of Yao'er's statement, but Hong Seyan's statement is not unreasonable. The Imperial Historical Observatory reported that there were signs of rebellion among the Liudao. The imperial court sent someone to investigate. Sure enough, there was a rebellion there, did this Qin cha force the barbarians to rebel or did the barbarians have already rebelled?

Tian Qiniang is not undoubted about this, if Hong Seyan's nemesis is allowed to investigate him, I am afraid that if there is any doubt, she will not want to know. With all these considerations, Tian Qiniang decided to send another senior member to be responsible for quelling the rebellion in Yunjun to ensure that she could understand the truth about the barbarian rebellion.

Jiang Dexu got the holy decree and left. Tian Qiniang picked up Chen Ruzhi's recital and read it again. Said thoughtfully: "This person is a dry material, if he can be loyal to the old woman." Rather a usable person! ”

Pei Kun said: "Chen Ruzhi is more than seventy years old, and he has passed the year of the cane country, and the world is well-versed. He has a calm temperament and is indeed sophisticated. Hong Seyan's trip to the southwest, he can foresee that there will be accidents, and it is indeed a sincere person who seeks the country, if the saint wants to use him, he will use it, and now only Xiangye is the saint in the court, and he really needs more help. ”

Tian Qiniang was a little moved and thought for a moment. said: "Let's put it first, wait for the southwest." Change his place first, and then observe! ”

Pei Kun bowed and said, "Yes, Pei Kun wrote it down!" ”

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The shouting of killing in front of the mountain shook the sky, and the window lattices of Wu Miao's old house trembled for a while.

Wu Miao was an official in Yunjun, but it was impossible for his clan to change their original lives and become city dwellers all of a sudden because he became an official, and they still lived in their own villages, farming where they should be farming, grazing when they should graze, and fishing when they should fish.

If this development continues, after a few generations, Wu Miao's family will evolve into a real official family, losing its due influence on the tribes under its command, and those who have been managing these cottages on behalf of the martial family for several lifetimes will become the new owners of the cottages.

Luo Yun, the governor of the state, is one such example. But now, the Wen family has only been the governor of Yunjun for more than 20 years, and it has been abolished several times during this period, so their roots are still in the mountains and in the village, and they have not lost control of the tribe.

This cottage is the general village of the Wu tribe, with a permanent population of more than 3,000 people, but now it has 20,000 or 30,000 people. Because it is a relatively large village, the terrain is not dangerous, and it is impossible for a place where thousands of people live in a place that is too dangerous, because the living environment in that place is too harsh.

Under normal circumstances, cottages with large populations have relatively strong self-protection capabilities, and there is no need to choose such a dangerous place. It is not uncommon for tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to be surrounded by tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and no one is prepared for danger in times of peace, and in order to cope with such a large war that occurs only once in a few hundred years, the whole clan lives in a place where birds do not poop year after year, day after day.

But this point has become the biggest weakness of the cottage at this moment. If the mountain is not dangerous enough, they will not be able to build a relatively strong defense with the help of the geographical advantage, and all directions can become the direction of the enemy's attack. The lush forests surrounding the cottage also became the enemy's best cover and ready siege materials.

In such an environment, the warriors who are accustomed to jungle warfare are like fish in water, and there is no fierce scene of ordinary offensive and defensive battles like ants, even if it is a battle on the frontal battlefield, it is only the Wu people who control the relatively narrow valley and fight hand-to-hand with the attacking white barbarians and the black barbarians.

As for the cold arrow attacks of those barbarian soldiers in the jungle in all directions, it was enough to make the village full of soldiers, but there was almost nothing they could do. It's not enough to attack from outside, and the food and drink of more than 30,000 people is a big problem, which cottage will store so much military rations?

Moreover, they fled back in a hurry when they attacked the Hebai Village, and they barely carried a few days' worth of food and grass, and now they are completely dependent on the supply of the village. There is no solution to the problem of grain and grass, and the morale of the army is incomparably weakened.

Previously, he had taken the initiative to retreat once in Yunjun, and then he took advantage of the power of the imperial court reinforcements to return to Yunjun, this time he attacked the white village of Hebai for a long time, but only heard that Yunjun was lost, and Xunyue chased after him, so he fled back to his general village after hearing the wind.

His power was originally inferior to the white barbarians, nor as good as the barbarians, which caused everyone a feeling of invincibility between the barbarians and the barbarians, and the soldiers and horses were trapped in the general village, they didn't know if the barbarians and the barbarians had divided their troops to attack the mountains that belonged to them, and how could the soldiers who came from those villages be worried about their families to fight with peace of mind?

After a few days of fierce attacks, there were a large number of casualties in the village, and many people in the village were related to him, so they often came to cry for their son, cry for their husband, and cry for their eldest nephew and second cousin, crying Wu Miao was upset.

That's all there are to these problems, more importantly, the tens of thousands of soldiers in the village are not all his soldiers, at least one-third of them are Yun Xuan's people, Yun Xuan was ambitious at the beginning, and the reason why Wu Miao made up his mind was completely bewitched by Yun Xuan, but now Yun Xuan took the lead in remorse, and repeatedly urged Wu Miao to send envoys down the mountain to negotiate peace, which was his idea.

"Annoying! It's annoying! ”

Wu Miao sighed heavily, and walked around under the Xuan Hall, his face was cloudy, and the servants and maids had already been frightened by him and slipped out of the distance, and no one dared to find themselves bad luck at this time.

"Governor, our messenger is back!"

The branches and leaves of a fruit tree decorated with green oranges swayed, and Yun Xuan hurriedly rushed over.

This hall is surrounded by ornamental flowers and fruit trees, Yun Xuan put the road and did not walk, and actually drilled straight from under the fruit trees, which shows the urgency of his mood.

As soon as Wu Miao looked up, he saw a henchman he had sent down the mountain hurrying from the gravel path.

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Since Hong Seyan arrived at the cottage, he has no appetite for food and is not used to living, especially what makes him feel painful is that the treasures and those delicate little beauties collected along the way are all lost in Yunjun City, and now I don't know which bastard is cheaper.

At present, Wu Man and Bai Man surrounded the cottage and kept saying that they would take his life, and Hong Seyan was so frightened that he was restless. Early in the morning, he heard that Wu Miao sent someone down the mountain to negotiate peace, but there was no reply to him so far, Hong Seyan couldn't sit still, so he hurriedly came to Wu Miao to ask for news. (To be continued......)