About an hour later, Zhang Mingwei came here like a hurry.

At this time, these quasi-civil and military officials had already read the contents of the booklet he wrote.

Although it is said that literati know words, in terms of acceptance, it is easier for military generals.

Because a large part of the contents of the booklet are being done in the army.

After Zhang Mingwei arrived, he said to them straight to the point: "The content in the booklet is what I ask you to do. If you don't understand something, you can ask me now. ”

Hearing this, the county school square was very quiet. For a while, no one spoke.

Zhang Mingwei waited for a while, then frowned and asked, "What, do you understand?" ”

Hearing him ask again, a literati finally came out of the ranks, and after saluting Zhang Mingwei, he asked in a low voice: "Guogong, what do students think of the content of this booklet...... Don't you think that's a bit cheap? ”

"Cheap?" When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he confirmed repeatedly.

As soon as the words came out, he understood.

The people of this era, although they say it well, say what the local parents are officials.

In fact, there is no consciousness to treat the local people as children.

In other words, in their consciousness, they regard themselves as the parents of the local people, that is, the kind that they want to be honored and offered by the local people.

Although they are all parents, the meaning is completely different!

Thinking about this, Zhang Mingwei asked them solemnly: "This dynasty Hai Ruihai Gangfeng, his name remains in the annals of history, and he is loved by the people, do you think what he does on weekdays is low?" ”

Hai Jui's official reputation, that is definitely the first. He left his job from a place, and the people blocked the road and didn't want him to go, crying to see him off.

is also because he has such a good reputation, so even if he did the most outrageous thing in the feudal dynasty, he was not beheaded, or exterminated by his family or anything like that.

For the officials of the Ming Dynasty, they didn't want to learn from Hai Rui, but they couldn't spray Hai Rui, at most they could only secretly smear Hai Rui's private life.

At this time, when they heard that Xingguo Gong mentioned the example of Hai Rui, these literati were silent.

They were silent, but Zhang Mingwei was not silent, and immediately said with a serious expression: "If you want to govern the land that has become a familiar land, and let the people of it recognize the court, if you are high, it may work?" What is a pro-people official? What is a parent officer? It is to be an official who solves problems for the people, an official who is close to the people, and an official who is a parent official, so that the place can be governed well! ”

After a pause, his tone softened a little, and Zhang Mingwei continued: "It stands to reason that I shouldn't tell you these truths, you should all understand them." If you don't do well, I will naturally blame you when I look back! ”

"However, I don't want to let the stability of Shu restart because of some people!" When Zhang Mingwei said this, his voice became a little louder, which meant emphasizing, "Therefore, I specially wrote this booklet, including both civil and military routes. I want you to really pounce on the localities, and start your governance against the localities. The peculiarities of the Tusi territory are obvious, and you need to govern them in a targeted manner, not one size fits all. ”

Speaking of this, he saw that none of these literati raised their heads, so he gave them a sweet date and said: "If you can even govern a place like Tusi Territory, then I believe that if you are transferred back to the Central Plains and Jiangnan to become officials, you will definitely be able to be a good official!" ”

As soon as they heard this, sure enough, many literati immediately raised their heads with surprise on their faces.

Zhang Mingwei knew in his heart that it would not work to only talk about morality and not interests, so he continued to send pies: "I'll tell you the truth!" The official who can really be a good local parent official is urgently needed in the imperial court. If you can prove yourself, promotion is a given. And under the same conditions, officials who come out of places with difficult conditions will be given priority promotion! ”

Actually, some of his words don't need to be said, that's what he usually says verbally. It's just that in the past, no one took this seriously at all.

However, now that Xingguo Gong has put it forward so solemnly, it is a very important matter. That's when they realize, oh, that's what happened!

The content written in the booklet is still in the vernacular, and these literati certainly understand the meaning. Now, after Xingguo Gong's explanation and emphasis, they understand what the benefits of this are. Although it is relatively shallow, it does motivate them.

So, these literati seized the opportunity and began to express their determination to Xingguo Gong, as if no one had questioned it at all just now.

"Don't you worry, don't you want to let the people under your rule have food and clothing? Students will be able to do it. ”

"If you can't find a teacher, the students will teach them to read and write in person, which can be regarded as a beautiful conversation, and this is the wish of the students!"

"Since the student is a local parent official, he must not just sit in the yamen, so how can he know the suffering of the people's livelihood, this is definitely not the style of the student!"

“……”

Patiently listening to their statements, this is also the proper meaning, it feels almost over, Zhang Mingwei waved his hand to let them almost go, and then turned his head to look at the generals, and said to them: "What you have to do is relatively simple......

When these generals who were watching the excitement just now heard this, they immediately held their heads high and listened attentively.

"First, when leading troops to quell the rebellion, we must pay attention to uniting the local people. Only with the cooperation of the local people can your thieves go smoothly and get twice the result with half the effort! ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Mingwei emphasized: "The song that emphasizes military discipline, "Three Disciplines and Seven Attentions", is very clear. If someone violates the law and discipline, military law is ruthless! I suggest that you sing more and let the people know what the imperial army is like. In addition, if the local people are in difficulty, when you should help, you can also help, don't stand idly by, you really have to just kill the thief! ”

The army is completely different from the literati, after Zhang Mingwei finished speaking, these generals responded almost in unison: "The last general obeys the order!" ”

The sound was so loud that it startled many literati on the side.

In any case, these people are basically soldiers brought out by Zhang Mingwei himself, and they are trained according to the training model of later generations of soldiers.

Therefore, after hearing the response, he nodded and continued: "Second, after suppressing the bandits, it is to assist the magistrate to do a good job of law and order. When the situation is stable and the army is not needed, that is when you will be promoted! ”

This is a promise to these generals, and when these generals hear it, they are naturally full of joy, and the roar of the response is even louder: "The last general obeys the order!" ”

Subsequently, Zhang Mingwei asked these literati and military generals to get acquainted with each other, and bluntly told them that they could choose their own partners to report.

As far as the current situation in Shu is concerned, except for the territory controlled by Li Zicheng's department, most of the Tusi almost fled back to their territory after the defeat in Chengdu.

They may still have troops left in their territory, but there will certainly not be too many. With their combat strength, if they want to go head-to-head with the regular army of the imperial court, they will never be able to do it.

In addition, Zhang Mingwei used his most usual trick again, before sending troops, he first came to wave public opinion and put those prisoners back, which was to disintegrate the interior of the Tusi head.

Therefore, as far as the situation in the Tusi territory is concerned, it is a bit similar to the bandit warfare in various places after the Liberation War in later generations.

If Zhang Mingwei led the army to sweep everywhere, it would be too time-consuming.

For this reason, he decided to draw a small detachment from the army, basically in units of thousands of people, and some Tusi had a large territory, so there were more regular troops, and he took these literati, that is, local parents, and went directly.

Only by doing so can we quickly pacify the territory of Tusi on this side of Shudi.

Speaking of which, this seems to be a loss to Zuo Liangyu.

If Zuo Liangyu hadn't instigated those Tusi to rebel, this change of land might not be implemented. If they are forcibly implemented without reason, they will be morally considered by the local people as bullying them, and it will be difficult to unite them.

And now, they have rebelled, and it is justified to change the land and return to the stream.

And they were deceived and coaxed by Zuo Liangyu to lead the attack on Chengdu, wanting to make a profit, but the soldiers they brought out were basically lost outside Chengdu, which also made the difficulty of changing the land and returning to the river drop to a very low level.

is also the same, when Zhang Mingwei started the war, he did not specifically tell his generals to catch or kill Zuo Liangyu.

If the thieves and rebels were not allowed to be on the side of Shudi, he would not be able to use a knife against the squires of Shudi. Now that this is done, at least here in the Chengdu Plain, the imperial court will make a lot of money.

Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng are also here, if they go to a place to cause harm, they will definitely chase stolen goods and help them, which is equivalent to killing those local squires with the greatest vested interests. Then Zhang Mingwei rushed over and defeated Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, without the resistance of the local squire, the local innovation was naturally very smooth.

It can be said that this trick can be regarded as a strategy to drive away the wolf.

However, it cannot be said publicly. It's just that Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng are too cunning, and they slip away when they see that the situation is not good, and it is difficult to catch them all.

In this way, in the middle of April of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, the official army of all kinds of thieves started from the Chengdu Plain and went to various Tusi territories, while Zhang Mingwei continued to sit in Chengdu.

In the past, 50,000 cavalry troops entered Sichuan, and the grain and grass were supplied by Chengdu Prefecture. No matter how rich Chengdu Mansion is, there are still as many as 500,000 captives, even if 300,000 are put back, then 200,000 will remain in Chengdu.

Relying on the grain accumulation in Chengdu Prefecture alone is certainly not enough for the army to launch another major war, which is also one of the main reasons why Zhang Mingwei has not launched a full-scale attack on Li Zicheng in the east.

To fight a war, in the final analysis, it still depends on logistics!