Chapter 5: The War Resumes (Part II)
"Old fox."
At a glance, Chen Kai already understood why Guo Zhiqi would never back down on the matter of Wangzhuang yesterday, even today.
Is it just a struggle for control of the land and the people?
Political matters are never so simple, he obviously knows that Chen Kai has an appointment of three years, and the recovery of Guangzhou City is bound to be the presence of the army of Li Dingguo, the leader of this battle. At that time, he doesn't need to do anything, as long as he watches from the side, Chen Kai and Li Dingguo will bargain on their own, and if there is more, there will always be some estrangement, and he can reduce the impact of Li Dingguo's cooperation with the Zheng Group to a greater extent.
Whether it is for the civil official group in western Guangdong or for the Yongli court, this is extremely necessary. Because, in the current situation, the imperial court is subject to Sun Kewang, and the Zheng group is not only far away, but also has some imminent departures, and the only thing they can rely on is Li Dingguo, a world-famous general, and Chen Kai must not be allowed to lead Li Dingguo astray!
Guo Zhiqi sat next to him, which in itself was a potential threat. After the afterglow swept by, between the lightning and flint, Chen Kai's mind had many possibilities, but in the end he decided to use the strategy he had already made earlier to deal with it.
In words, Chen Kai said very clearly, the people who fled returned to their homeland, which is also reasonable. However, the number of Li Dingguo's army was there, and it was not a way to stay outside the city for a long time, so it was necessary to divide residential areas in the city, just like Shang Geng's two feudal lords moved into the city, so as to achieve long-term stationing.
The feudal soldiers have been slaughtered, and the men in the families of the feudal soldiers have been reduced to bones, and the rest are just some women and children, many of whom have been brought in by various ministries to open women's camps. In this city, the new city is the same, the old city has been killed by the feudal soldiers, and now the feudal soldiers are gone, and it is empty again, just enough for the army to enter.
Originally, Li Dingguo also planned to let the army enter from now on, but when Chen Kai heard what he said, he couldn't help frowning.
"This ......"
In this matter, Li Dingguo seemed a little hesitant. Chen Kai saw it in his eyes, of course, he understood that Li Dingguo could take care of the needs of his allies, but like him, the first priority was the well-being of the soldiers under his command.
Since this is the case, Chen Kai wants to explain the compensation plan and the inventory, but at this moment, Guo Zhiqi, who was sitting on the side, took the lead in speaking: "Your Highness, Chen Fujun's idea is right, and the lower officials also feel that they still have to take care of the emotions of those local people in Guangzhou." As for the land and houses needed by the army, the old man had an idea, but he didn't know whether to talk about it or not. ”
Once Guo Zhiqi spoke, Chen Kaidang was even surprised. According to his thoughts, the city of Guangzhou was massacred, although he rescued a large number of people, there were 100,000 people in Chaozhou, those who fled on their own in Henan Island, Nansha and other places, and those who were assigned to Chen Qice after the war, all of them added up, there were more than 100,000 people. However, compared with the more than 700,000 people before the slaughter of the city, and compared with the 500,000 or 600,000 people before the siege, it is still only about one-third. Other places are still empty, and the Ming army under Li Dingguo's command can still be stationed, which is nothing more than giving priority to the people.
Chen Kai's plan was to persuade Li Dingguo, so that with the return of the houses and shops in Guangzhou, then the problems above Wangzhuang could be easily solved. But now, Guo Zhiqi opened his mouth, obviously seeing Li Dingguo's hesitation, there was a possibility of being persuaded by him, and it was probably because he thought of his solution that he would choose to end up in person.
Sure enough, Li Dingguo's side was about to be weighed, and Guo Zhiqi came up with a solution, naturally he wanted to listen to it clearly, but when he heard this, his brows wrinkled a little deeper.
"The old man wants to come, it's better to be like this, Governor Zhang was ordered to manage the four mansions of Gao Lian Lei Qiong, and now that Guangdong is about to be fully recovered, the Qiongzhou Mansion no longer needs to face the risk of being captured. In this case, it should still be reassigned to the management of Governor Zhang. The old man was willing to persuade the kings of Yangjiang, Yangchun, Enping, Xinning and other places to give up the control area, and instead stationed in Qiongzhou, leaving the garrison with His Royal Highness. In this way, the western part of Zhaoqing Mansion and Guangzhou Prefecture will be stationed under His Royal Highness, and the garrison of Qiongzhou can come back to enrich the eastern part of Guangzhou to assist His Highness in advancing into northern Guangdong, and the people can return to the old land, wouldn't it be the best of all three? ”
Guo Zhiqi's opinion, to put it bluntly, is to ask Chen Kai to return to Qiongzhou Mansion, and then the three parties will make a exchange. In this way, Chen Kai will definitely suffer, but after all, it is also he who proposed to let the people under his rule enter the area controlled by Li Dingguo, and put forward the price of demand, which makes sense. What's more, Zhang Xiaoqi is the governor of the four prefectures of Gao Lian Lei Qiong appointed by the Ming court, and Chen Kai is right to recover the Qiongzhou Mansion, but he does not let go of the right to control the local civil and military affairs, even if it is in line with the cleanup, but there are still loopholes in the system.
"It's a good calculation."
Asking for a price, paying back the money on the ground, and showing the trick, Guo Zhiqi is taking advantage of this loophole. And Chen Kai, of course, also understands the back hand in this - if Chen Kai does not agree, then the previous requirements will naturally be invalidated, and it is not even good to mention the matter of Wang Zhuang again; If he bargains in Qiongzhou, then he can always mix some sand into it; If it's just Chen Kai giving up the right to temperance and playing a yang and yin violation, he can also gradually replace Lin Cha, Du Hui, Cai Yuan, Zheng Xingying and others; But if Chen Kai agreed, then it would naturally be the best for them, but from the beginning of his speech, he never pinned even the slightest hope on this.
From the discussion between Chen Kai and Li Dingguo, it has now become a contest between Chen Kai and Guo Zhiqi, and Li Dingguo, who occupies Guangzhou City, has become a supporting role. Li Dingguo was very helpless, but the two civil officials were playing tricks, and he couldn't interject, so he could only sit there and watch Chen Kai's next response.
On the issue of Qiongzhou, Zhou Tengfeng traveled back and forth between Guangdong and Fujian many times last year, and ran many times in the Zhongzuo Institute, Qiongzhou Mansion, and Chaozhou Mansion. This is a concentrated point of contradiction between the two sides, Guo Zhiqi brought up the old matter again, and made it clear that after Chen Kai rejected his kindness yesterday, the first shot of the reopening of the party struggle was the jurisdiction of Qiongzhou Mansion.
Of course, Chen Kai understands. He also expected the resumption of the struggle, but he didn't expect Guo Zhiqi to be so blatant.
"Don't Inspector Guo think this is very troublesome?"
"Trouble, maybe some. However, it is also necessary to take this opportunity to redefine the attribution of local administration. Otherwise, Chen Fujun's seat of governance is in Chaozhou, and Qiongzhou Mansion is so far away, once something happens, it will always be beyond the reach of the whip. ”
This is a threat, and even Li Dingguo can understand it. Just wanted to open his mouth to persuade one or two, but suddenly remembered what Jin Weixin and Gong Ming had mentioned to him earlier, saying that Guo Zhiqi, Lian Chengbi and Chen Kai had never been a personal grudge, it was a struggle for power and profit between the two factions within Wang Shi, and Li Dingguo had face, but it may not work in this regard, and it is easy to cause common dissatisfaction between the two sides if it is too much, and the gains outweigh the losses.
The mouth that had just opened was closed again, and in front of him, the dispute was still continuing: "At the beginning, Governor Zhang couldn't help the Tartars of Qiongzhou Mansion near the water, but Xiaguan floated to the sea, and he could recover the entire territory of Qiongzhou in one fell swoop from Chaozhou." Even if there is really any situation, there are Lin Hou and Du Shuai on the island, and the official will always pay attention to it, so he won't worry about Inspector Guo. ”
In the face of strength, Chen Kai was-for-tat, Guo Zhiqi sneered and replied: "Okay, good, good, Chen Fujun is a hero, since this is the case, let's stop this matter." ”
The resignation is a pun, which is not only a matter of mobilization, but also a resignation of the people's return to Guangzhou and the discussion of Wangzhuang. However, Chen Kai never planned to follow Guo Zhiqi's script.
"This matter, speaking of which, has nothing to do with Inspector Guo, it is a discussion between the lower officials and His Royal Highness." Ironically sarcastic about Guo Zhiqi's nosy, Chen Kai turned to Li Dingguo and said: "Xiaguan is willing to exchange the land of Zengcheng, Conghua, and Longmen counties for the people who originally lived in Guangzhou City to return to their hometowns." In addition, the civil affairs, taxation, and defense of Guangzhou City will not be interfered with by the lower officials, and it is still decided by His Royal Highness. ”
One mouth is three counties, which is already half of the income of the Ming army in Guangzhou in this battle. Moreover, when people enter the city, they promise not to interfere in civil affairs, taxation, and general affairs, which is basically giving taxpayers and soldiers to others for nothing.
Chen Kai's statement directly frightened Li Dingguo and Guo Zhiqi, just for the sake of the word promise, you can be so willing to pay for it, such a character is both respectable and terrifying, and it all depends on the relationship between them and him.
"Chen Fujun, this king has no such intention......"
After Li Dingguo's words were finished, Chen Kai shook his head, stretched out his hand, and stopped the words behind him: "This time to recover Guangdong, His Royal Highness's army is the main force, and the lower officials are just invited." Now, since it is the lower officials who want to fulfill their promises, it is natural that there must be an exchange. In addition, the lower officials also promised to distribute land to those people, which should be counted from the periphery of Guangzhou City. Even if His Highness doesn't care, the soldiers need grain, grass, and land. ”
"No, it works, this one is one. Back then, you were willing to take risks to rescue the people of Guangzhou, and you have broken your heart for their livelihood all these years. ”
You and I argued word by word, but the content and Fang Cai completely dropped one by one - Fang Cai, Guo Zhiqi asked for it, Chen Kai didn't give it; But now, Chen Kai has to give it, and Li Dingguo has to give it. is also Chen Kai alone, but in a moment, there are two completely different attitudes, which is shocking.
The two of them pushed and let the argument continue, but on the side, Guo Zhiqi, who had just been ridiculed by Chen Kai, seemed to think of something and joined the battle again.
"More than 100,000 people, there are a lot of houses and land, and they all need to be satisfied by His Royal Highness, and it is reasonable for Chen Fujun to exchange the county border. However, in the face of the captives in northern Guangdong and even southern Jiangxi, His Royal Highness cannot bear it alone. It's better to do this, if His Highness thinks it's too much, then he will exchange it for Xiangshan County, where the land is more fertile, and the output of Juntun can be guaranteed. ”
Another peacemaker gesture, but this time it was not as aggressive as Fang Cai. However, now that he has changed from an ally facing Shang Geng and the two domains to a political opponent, even if there is a common enemy of Sun Kewang, Chen Kai will never dare to take Guo Zhiqi's words lightly.
At this moment, Chen Kai's eyebrows were lowered, and the three words of Xiangshan County continued to swell in his mind, and in an instant, they turned into the county located in the south of Guangzhou on the map, which was renamed Zhongshan City in later generations. Everything happened between the lightning and flint, Chen Kai raised his eyes again, and even responded to the matter.
Chen Kai compromised, but Li Dingguo originally didn't plan to take over a county after hearing those words. But at this point, Chen Kai is very resolute, and with Guo Zhiqi talking about Xiang on the side, Li Dingguo recalled the bloody soldiers under his command, sighed, and responded.
The two sides reached an agreement that the people of Guangzhou in Chaozhou could return to the city of Guangzhou, and even to the alleys and courtyards where they had lived for generations. On Chen Kai's side, what he paid was the governance of Xiangshan County. In addition, with the determination of this matter, the problem of Wang Zhuang was easily solved, giving priority to returning the old owner, followed by Tuntian, and of course, meeting Chen Kai's original agreement to double compensation for the people of Guangzhou, which can be described as a great joy.
Once this is over, there is nothing left. Regarding luxury goods, the distribution is left to the people below, and the rest is stored and sealed. After determining these things, the next step is nothing more than the step-by-step use of troops, each of which is to collect those prefectures and counties. And Chen Kai also said that if necessary, the artillery team of the Ming Army in eastern Guangdong can also help Li Dingguo.
The atmosphere in the big tent of the Chinese army was restored to harmony, and while chatting, Li Dingguo's face suddenly changed, as if he remembered something, but at this time, the two sides had already responded to the matter of Xiangshan County, he opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything, and it was over.
At the end of the meeting, we had lunch together, and in the afternoon, Chen Kai said that he wanted to go back to the camp in the east of the city to deal with military affairs, so he left and left. When he returned to the camp in the east of the city, Zhou Hezhi, Jiang Meiao, Ke Chenshu, Zhou Quanbin and other generals were all there, Chen Kai reported on the distribution of the spoils of this battle, the harvest was determined, and the generals were quite satisfied, but they expressed their dissatisfaction with Guo Zhiqi for the change of hands in Xiangshan County.
"Fu Jun, it stands to reason that the Franco machine man in Macau is under the rule of Xiangshan County, and the old man surnamed Guo doesn't want to borrow strength from there!"
It has always been the Zheng Group that bullies people at sea, how dare anyone fight back. Many of the generals were dissatisfied with Guo Zhiqi's tiger mouth, and you guessed a variety of possibilities, among which Zhou Quanbin pointed out this point immediately aroused the echo of the generals.
Chen Kai's rise in the Zheng Group began with military production. Now that Xiangshan has changed hands, Guo Zhiqi can completely rely on the power of the Portuguese to develop the military industry, especially in the hands of Li Dingguo, Li Dingguo himself does not have an independent civil official system, the relationship of cooperation, the righteousness of the Ming court, and the infiltration of civil officials in western Guangdong are almost a sure thing.
Chen Kai didn't expect this, he saw the generals here, but he was not in a hurry, he just sneered and said "useless", and then stopped mentioning the matter.
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