Ying Ying had to swallow this fly that made him sick to his stomach, although the edict denounced the envoy Lu Dafang for his incompetence, and the county guard Mei Changchun was in a daze, but in fact the punishment was not at all, and even did the opposite, giving them more arbitrariness at the opportunity, allowing them to raise their own money and food, recruit troops independently, and reduce two-thirds of the tax and silver handed over to the court by Shu County for a year to quell the bandits, which is a full income of millions of taels of silver.

"I wonder how much of this money they can spend on quelling the bandits?" Looking at the edict before the ink dried, Ying Ying smiled bitterly and said to several of her confidants.

Mingtai lowered his eyebrows and was silent, Bai Qi turned his head to look at him, only Fan Sui couldn't help but answer.

"Your Majesty, think about it, they will no longer dare to do anything wrong, after all, this is a matter of their net worth and life, if the bandits occupy Shu County, their huge family property will be wiped out, even if it is not for Daqin, only for themselves, they will do their best, what's more, the king named Zhong Kui as a general, this person now has a hatred for destroying the family with the bandits, the blood of his parents and brothers, and the heart of revenge must be heartfelt, where he is forced, it can be regarded as an overseer."

"For the family and not for the country?" Ying Ying sneered a few times, "But wait for this king to ease up for a while, and then come and settle this account with them one by one." ”

Hanguguan, Lu Chao finished reading the palace newspaper that had just been sent to the court, threw it aside, and said coldly: "Faint, Fan Sui is really faint when dealing with this matter." ”

"General, the last general thinks that there is nothing inappropriate for Fan Shoufu to deal with this matter, but at present, the domestic situation is like this, and I am afraid that it will be inappropriate to make a big move." Gou Yi picked up the paperwork that Lu Chao threw on the ground and asked puzzledly.

Gou Yi was captured alive in the Jinyang Incident, and after being detained by the National Security Bureau for a while, he was inexplicably released. For this reason, Li Mingjun was very dissatisfied and went to Xu Yuan, the commander of the First Military Region, to ask for an explanation, but Xu Yuan blocked him back with only one sentence: This is an order issued by the king himself.

Not only was the Han army puzzled, but even the Qin people themselves couldn't understand it, or only Lu Chao knew Gao Yuan's sinister intentions, he didn't have enough manpower. I was afraid that I would not be able to control the army in my hand, so I put my henchmen back, not to mention that this would make many people in the Qin army suspicious, and it would also make the center of the Qin Dynasty wonder if he was in collusion with Gao Yuan, what is a collusion? To put it bluntly, he is just a good general.

However, Lu Chao is also a high-minded and arrogant person, Gao Yuan clearly calculated himself, if he killed Gouyi, it would not only be self-defeating. will also lose the allegiance of the other members of the hook family, which is more than worth the loss. Although the Gou family is not a big family in the Qin State, it is a member of the army, and the eldest brother Gouren died in the early years, leaving Gouyi, Gouli, Gouzhi, and Gouxin. are all generals in the army, and Gao Yuan's move is more than one stone.

Gou Yi can't lead troops anymore. Lu Chao arranged him to be a military counselor by his side, helping to deal with some urgent military affairs. has completely become his most trusted subordinate, which can be regarded as a small compensation.

"Gou Yi, you read the military report of the Shu County riot last year, compared with this year's military report, what difference do you find?" Lu Chao sat down. Gou Yi hurriedly held the teacup and served it, he was captured for several months, and it has been several months since he was put back.

"It is indeed very different, this year's bandits are no longer a swarm of chaos, it is clearly organized, premeditated, ring after ring, compared to last year's riots, it is simply not the same." Gou Yi Dao.

"In a year, these bandits have grown so much as if they were a different person? And it's a group of mud legs who can't recognize a basket? Lu Chao took a shallow sip of tea.

"Is the general saying that someone is meddling in this matter?" Gou Yi had a flash of inspiration in his mind.

"The Han State must have intervened in this matter, just like what happened in the Qi State back then, I can be sure that the person who really controls this peasant army of the rebellion now is none other than the people of the Han State. They are suddenly stinging now, and they are not trying to plot the county seat of Shu County, which is their cleverness. "Lu Chaodao.

"Now the people of Shu County are panicking, there are many bandits, and the momentum is fierce, if you take the county seat of Shu County, you can fully control Shu County, why does the general say that this is their cleverness?" Gou Yi shook his head and said.

"One," Lu Chao raised a finger: "The city of Shu County is not so easy to fight, those wrecks in Shu County finally did one thing right, and withdrew all the troops that could be controlled into the county town, so that the county town at least has the power to protect itself, even if these bandits have the Han people to intervene to train and command, but to attack such a strong city, I am afraid that I don't want to think about it, if I really attack it, I am afraid that I will suffer heavy losses and gain nothing." In addition to the core strength of these bandits, a large number of people are just following the trend or being wrapped up, such a team, when fighting a good fight, is brave and unmatched, but a slight setback, it will inevitably damage the morale of the army, obviously, the other party is clearly aware of this, this is also my judgment that the controller of this team must be the people of the Han Kingdom, with the knowledge of those mud legs, I am afraid that I can't think of so much. ”

Gou Yi nodded slightly.

"Second, if the county is still there, it has not yet broken through the bottom line of the imperial court, and it also makes the court think that Shu County can still be supported, as long as Shu County is attentive, it will definitely be able to defeat these bandits as last year, so there will be this edict from the king, but this is precisely the most wrong point, the peasant army does not go to the county town, because people also need to reorganize, need to strengthen the strength, you have seen the strength of the Han army, over time, there will inevitably be a Han army in Shu County that does not play the Han flag. If the county town is defeated, the imperial court will inevitably not tolerate it, even if it is difficult, it will send regular troops to exterminate them, but now, the reaction of the imperial court can be said to be in the hands of those rebels, Gou Yi, do you think the imperial court spent millions of taels of silver to Lu Dafang, Mei Changchun These wastes, can they really use all this money for military training? There is also the appointment of Zhong Kui as the main general, it is even more ridiculous, a son of a wealthy family who has never been on the battlefield and only knows the common people, even if he is familiar with military books and thinks that he is unique, will he be the opponent of those Han people who have experienced a hundred battles? ”

Gou Yi shuddered, "I'm afraid that most of this money will fall into the hands of those corrupt officials." ”

Lu Chao nodded, "So I said that when these bandits in Shu County launch an offensive again, it will be the time when Shu County will fall, in fact, the most important thing the imperial court should do now is to send an army to suppress it like a thunderbolt." ”

"But the imperial court can't send it out?" Gou Yi Dao.

Lu Chao laughed, "If you want to, of course you can send troops, Tan Feng can't move there, Zhou Yu can't move there, can't Xuanyi Wei move either?" Am I unable to move here? ”

"If you don't move me, you are worried that I will take this opportunity to control Shu County again, and my strength will be strengthened again, and if you don't move the Xuanyi Guard, it is to guard against me, and our king is worried that I am plotting against me!" Lu Chao is an understatement.

Gou Yi was sweating on his back, and after thinking about it, the general's actions in the past year seemed to have a bad intention.

"Our king still doesn't really understand me, what I want is power, what I want is the power to deal with lofty people, but I am not interested in the position of king, even if I want to, can I sit firmly? I really wanted to do this, but Xu Yahua was the first to refuse. ”

Xu Yahua is the first general under Lu Chao, born in the old department of Meng Tian, although he has now formed an alliance with Lu Chao, but Lu Chao really wants to usurp the throne, he will never agree. Gou Yi himself is also a Qin person, if one day Lu Chao said to him that he would take the position of King of Qin and do it himself, I am afraid that he will not be able to get over this hurdle in his heart, and there is really such a day, Gou Yi thinks that what he can do is to go away and fly high. At this time, when he heard Lu Chao's honest heart, he was greatly relieved.

"Since the general can see it so clearly, why don't you explain the truth to the king?"

"The king misunderstands me deeply, what I did before is just self-preservation, otherwise I am Fan Sui's next target, now I don't go to the table, once I am on the table, it will make the king's prejudice deeper, the misunderstanding between us is deep enough, and these misunderstandings, I'm afraid they will never be clarified, so I can only keep silent."

"No, General, there must be a day of clarification, and when you defeat Gao Yuan and destroy the Han Kingdom, the king will naturally understand the great general's fierce loyalty!"

"Brave and loyal, but also will!" Lu Chao smiled, "I'm protecting myself, in order to make the teacher's doctrine still have a place in the Qin State, I have done a lot of unsubordinate things, if there is really a day when I defeat Gao Yuan and destroy the Han Kingdom, I can return to the countryside and be a rich man, thank God, my big family, is now detained in Xianyang, can't I explain the problem?" ”

mentioned this matter, Gou Yi was also discolored, originally planned to send Lu's mother and the general's father-in-law's family to Hangu Pass, but somehow leaked the news, and Mingtai took the lead and blocked the two families at home, Lu Chao could ask for someone directly, but in this way, he couldn't help but completely tear his face.

"General, what are we going to do next?" Gou Yi now only feels that the general is sandwiched between the Han State and the Qin court, and he is quite a bit of a two-sided person.

"Just be ourselves." Lu Chao said lightly. "The imperial court is now training a new army from Bai Qi, and there will be less and less support for us, in addition, the control in the army will be strengthened, and the imperial court will not forget to compete with me for the generals in the army, if you find such a sign, you will be killed!" (To be continued......)