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Although he secretly knocked Zhang Shengde, Zhao Junchen would not completely offend Zhang Shengde.

Therefore, after seeing Zhang Shengde's embarrassed expression, Zhao Junchen gave Li Ruan a look on the other side.

Li Ruan quickly understood Zhao Junchen's attitude, and immediately broke the awkward atmosphere, and asked: "Lord Zhao, after you read the border official documents, what do you know?" ”

"Thoughts?" Zhao Junchen shook his head with a wry smile, picked up an official document casually, and said: "This official document was sent by the Ningxia Military Town in June this year, saying that there were more than 1,000 Mongolian cavalry on the west road...... Hehe, killed more than 300 enemies, but only beheaded the second level, do you believe it? Where are the rest of the heads? …… It's not bad, at least they didn't kill the good and risk! ”

As he spoke, Zhao Junchen threw this official document aside, picked up another official document again, and said: "There is also this official document, which was sent by the Gansu military town not long ago, saying that there was a Mongolian army on Suzhou Road, with a total of more than 800 people...... However, the traces of the Mongol cavalry were found at the beacon pier on the Suzhou Road as early as ten days ago, but the Suzhou Road did not lead the troops to meet the enemy until ten days later...... Hehe, how many people have suffered for such a long time? This Mongolian cavalry has already looted enough money and food, so naturally it has no intention of fighting, and Suzhou Road is to kill the enemy out of the country? Or a gift to the enemy out of the country? ”

Then, Zhao Junchen changed an official document in his hand again, and said: "As for this official document, it is even more ridiculous!" The Jing'an Fort in the Gansu military town was attacked by the enemy, and the soldiers bravely participated in the battle, although they repelled the Mongolian Tartars, but the Jing'an Fort lost ten strong bows, 35 knives and guns, five pairs of cotton armor, and two three-eyed fires, and was robbed of half of the grain and ploughing cattle in the fort, hoping to supplement and record! Haha, the Mongols attacked the military fort, and none of the defenders in the fort were killed, but the armor, ploughing cattle, and grain in the fort were all robbed by the Mongols! Can't the thousands of households in this military fort lie carefully? ”

"Oh, and this official document, which also impresses me, records the crime of slaughtering the people of Qian Daqian in Weiwu Fort in Yulin Military Town last month...... The reason is that Qian Daqian's private soldiers were attacked by the Mongolian cavalry, so they fled all the way, and finally fled into a nearby village fort for refuge, and after the people of this village and fort were threatened by the Mongols, they tied up all Qian Daqian's private soldiers and gave them to the Mongols, and finally Qian Daqian's private soldiers were all killed by the Mongols, and Qian Daqian later slaughtered the people of this village and fort in order to avenge his private soldiers......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen stretched out his hand and pointed to the hundreds of official documents in front of him, and said to Zhang Shengde and Li Ruan: "If you want to talk about your experience, it is that all these official documents are not credible!" The generals who presented these official documents cannot be trusted! Local officials who ask for credit and rewards for these generals cannot be trusted! With the lessons of the Wang family, the businessmen of Shaanxi and Gansu cannot be trusted! Even...... Even the people of Shaanxi and Gansu...... Equally untrustworthy! ”

As he spoke, Zhao Junchen seemed to be smiling, but his smile was extremely cold.

The three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, from top to bottom, are not credible! What does that mean is chilling.

On the other hand, after hearing Zhao Junchen's words, Zhang Shengde and Li Ruan were also silent.

Zhao Junchen's statement seems to be a bit excessive, but to a large extent, it is the truth.

Most of the Shaanxi-Gansu border armies were cowardly, and the generals were bent on preserving the strength of their private soldiers, so they naturally deceived their superiors and subordinates, lied about their military exploits, and even many generals gave their ordnance and armor to the Mongols and exchanged horses with the Mongols for profit.

Most of the merchants in Shaanxi and Gansu made their fortunes by border trade, and it was common for them to collude with the Mongols secretly, and the Wang family was just one of the best, but it was by no means an isolated case.

Most of the local officials in Shaanxi and Gansu relied on the support of the generals from all over the country, otherwise they would not be able to sit in their official positions at all in this poor land of mountains and bad waters, so they did not dare to easily expose the crimes and responsibilities of the generals in various places, but instead colluded with the generals in various places and covered up each other.

Even the ordinary people of Shaanxi and Gansu, once they encountered the threat of the Mongols, they would not hesitate too much when betraying their compatriots and the imperial court.

Therefore, no one can believe it, but Zhao Junchen has to rely on them to control the situation on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu and resist the invasion of the Mongol army, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is as difficult as climbing to the sky!

After discovering this, you can imagine how Zhao Junchen feels!

After a moment of silence, Zhang Shengde sighed: "Yes, the situation on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu has already been eroded to the extreme, as Lord Zhao said, from top to bottom it is all untrustworthy, the governors of the three sides seem to be in control of the overall situation, but it is also difficult to mobilize troops from all over the country, once it is a hard battle, all the generals are perfunctory and delayed...... When Liang Ge Lao was still the governor of the three sides, he repeatedly wanted to solve the stubborn problems of Shaanxi and Gansu, but every time Liang Ge Lao made a slight move, he would suddenly find that the mutiny was chaotic, and in the end he could only end up without a problem...... It is indeed not easy for Lord Zhao to control the defense of the three sides and repel the Mongol invasion! ”

Zhao Junchen sighed and nodded, and at the same time secretly thought: "Fortunately, from the beginning, I never thought of relying solely on the power of the Shaanxi and Gansu sides!" ”

After thinking about it, Zhao Junchen suddenly smiled again, and said to Zhang Shengde: "Actually, these views of mine are only momentary feelings, some are too extreme, Shaanxi and Gansu are still the territory of the Ming Dynasty after all, although the situation is a little erosive, but it is not necessarily that everyone is untrustworthy, wasn't Governor Zhang just about to recommend talents to me?" Presumably, the talents valued by Governor Zhang must be trustworthy! ”

As soon as the conversation changed, Zhao Junchen suddenly pulled back the topic and asked Zhang Shengde to continue to recommend talents for himself.

Just now, Zhang Shengde took the initiative to recommend talents to Zhao Junchen, and he did have some selfish intentions, hoping that Zhao Junchen could reuse his cronies, so that Zhang Shengde's influence would also increase greatly.

But now, because of Zhao Junchen's beating and emotion, Zhang Shengde has understood Zhao Junchen's attitude, but he is much more cautious, and he no longer dares to recommend his cronies to Zhao Junchen at will, and secretly screens it in his heart.

Then, Zhang Shengde said with a serious expression: "Wu Qifan, the prefect of Xi'an, is both civil and military, and his strategy is extraordinary, and he can be reused!" Shaanxi Xuezheng Zheng Jiadong, although the grade is not high, he is the head of the Shaanxi and Gansu literati, with a noble character and a grand reputation, and he responds to it among the sons of Shaanxi and Gansu! He Zhang, the garrison officer of Hezhou Road in Guyuan Military Town, is a rare brave general in Shaanxi and Gansu, and every time he fights, he takes the lead bravely and never retreats! Xia Guan is willing to vouch for them, these three people are worthy of Lord Zhao's trust and reuse! In addition, Zhou Bo, the envoy of Shaanxi Province, was shrewd and tough, and he was also extraordinary, although this person did not agree with the lower officials, but his youngest son died in the hands of the Mongolian Tartars, and he hated the Mongolian Tartars very much, and he could also be trusted! ”

After hearing Zhang Shengde's introduction, Zhao Junchen nodded lightly and said: "Since Governor Zhang values them so much, after the gate of Huamachi Camp is opened tomorrow, I will bother Governor Zhang to send someone to invite these four, and I will naturally reuse them!" ”

It's just four people, even if they are reused, it is not enough for Zhang Shengde to threaten Zhao Junchen's status, and these four people are the best of Zhang Shengde's choices, it is indeed worth reusing, and they can also be sold to Zhang Shengde a favor, Zhao Junchen is attitude has naturally changed greatly!

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