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When Li Ru'an carefully picked up the paper ball and began to study, the civil and military officials in the camp also gathered around to watch it together.

Then, everyone's faces changed drastically again, and they finally understood why Zhao Junchen was so angry - things were worse and more serious than everyone imagined!

After Tianshui Mansion City fell into the hands of the rebellious people, the Tianshui prefect also knew that the situation was serious, and the content of the letter asking for help was certainly a little flickering and secretive, but he didn't dare to lie, and finally explained what had happened.

All of this has to start with Zhao Junchen's decree of Jianbi Qingye!

Some time ago, in order to prevent the looting of the Mongol coalition army, Zhao Junchen ordered the local government to collect all the people outside the city into the city, and it was enforced, and there must be no mistakes. In this way, it can not only reduce the losses of the Ming people in the war, but also force the Mongols to risk going deep into the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty to attack Jiezhou City!

There was a saying in later generations that all bad ideas look like a good idea at first! In the same way, all bad governance looks like good governance for the benefit of the country and the people at the beginning, but it is often only when it is implemented that it is realized how costly it is for the people and money!

The original intention of this decree was naturally good, but like most evil governments in this world, there was a problem in its implementation!

Take Tianshuifu City, which is now in a big mess, as an example, after the strong wall clears the wilderness, all the people outside the city are gathered into the city, which makes the population in the city quadruple in a moment! In this way, it is naturally easy to breed chaos!

Zhao Junchen also expected this situation in advance, but Zhao Junchen thought that this war would last for two months at most, and the local governments should be able to cope with it, and at the same time ordered the local governments to properly settle the people in the city, at least they must stabilize the price of grain, open the porridge shack widely, and never starve to death a single citizen, and when the war is over, the consumption of official food in various places will also be subsidized by Zhao Junchen!

When Zhao Junchen gave the order, he felt that his prestige in Shaanxi and Gansu was rising, and he had sent brocade guards and internal supervisors to inspect everywhere, and officials from all over the country should not dare to commit crimes against the wind!

However, Zhao Junchen still underestimated the greed and short-sightedness of these local officials after all! - When they were accumulating money, they were not even afraid of Emperor Deqing, how could they be afraid of Zhao Junchen? Zhao Junchen's decree is a great opportunity for them to loot the land!

Also taking Tianshui City as an example, when the people outside the city went into the city to escape the war, the local government did not have any resettlement measures, nor did they open porridge shacks for relief, not only the vast majority of the people outside the city could only sleep on the streets, but the prices in the city soared, especially the price of grain rose twenty or thirty times in a short period of time!

During this period, situations such as collusion between officials and businessmen, price hikes, reckless behavior of bad businessmen, and connivance of the government naturally happened!

After years of natural disasters, the people outside the city were originally poor and white, and where could they afford such sky-high food? As a result, there was soon a situation of selling wives and daughters in Tianshui City, and the evil gentry and bad merchants in the city were extremely active during this period, and a small bag of grain had to be exchanged for the people's savings, wives and daughters, and real estate, and it was a thousand times the profit between changing hands!

The people spent all their savings, sold their wives and daughters, and lost their houses and fields, but the food they bought still couldn't last long, and in the end they had no choice but to rebel in order to survive!

As a result, a large-scale civil unrest broke out in Tianshui City, and soon lost control, and most of the capital city fell into the hands of the rebellious people, and the initiators could only retreat in a corner of the eastern city and defend it!

In this case, although there are only a few sentences mentioned in the letter asking for help, the civil and military officials in the account are all old fritters in the officialdom, so naturally they quickly figured out the general situation!

Then, everyone realized the seriousness of the matter!

You must know that Tianshui City is located on the south bank of the Wei River, which is an important part of Zhao Junchen's encirclement of the Mongolian coalition army.

For a while, everyone didn't dare to speak, but just observed Zhao Junchen's expression in fear, waiting for Zhao Junchen's final decision!

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At this time, under everyone's gaze, Zhao Junchen's face was still sinking like water!

At this moment, Zhao Junchen finally realized how helpless and powerless he was with a group of corrupt officials under him!

For the sake of this war, Zhao Junchen has been forgetting to sleep and eating and sleeping endlessly these days, and he has almost exhausted all his mental strength!

As a result, it was about to be done, but I didn't expect to be stabbed in the back by a group of pig teammates!

The thing that the people are most worried about is whether they can eat tomorrow, naturally they don't have a long-term vision and overall awareness, and they don't know what kind of trouble their chaos has brought to Zhao Junchen, so Zhao Junchen does not resent those troublemakers, Zhao Junchen hates those corrupt officials, bad businessmen and bad tycoons! These people are the main culprits who have ruined their own big things!

In a way, this is also the bitter fruit of Zhao Junchen's use of corrupt officials to form a party!

Of course, Zhao Junchen himself also has a lot of responsibility for this matter, Zhao Junchen has been bent on the war these days, and has hardly paid any attention to the relief of the people, and almost all of them are handed over to the governors of various places, which is also one of the reasons why those corrupt officials and bad businessmen in Tianshui City are bold and reckless!

Therefore, Zhao Junchen's mood at this time is really difficult to express to others, both anger and helplessness!

However, when Zhao Junchen noticed that the eyes of the civil and military officials in the big tent were cast on him, he finally barely calmed down the complicated emotions in his heart - Zhao Junchen knew that he must not be chaotic at this time!

Zhao Junchen glanced at everyone present, and then said slowly: "Ben Qincha originally thought that the plan to clear the wilderness was all for the consideration of the people, but now it seems that the harm to the people caused by such a plan is probably no less than the looting of the Mongol coalition army, otherwise I will always obey the people, and I will not rebel and seize the city unless I have to...... It is really difficult to judge the merits and demerits of this time...... But it's too late to say this, it's already like this, do you have a good plan for me? ”

After hearing Zhao Junchen's inquiry, his tone also returned to calm, and everyone in the tent secretly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and finally dared to speak.

Wu Qifan, the prefect of Xi'an, took the lead in making a list and said: "The seizure of the city by the chaotic people is unheard of in the more than 200 years of our dynasty!" This matter is very important, and now that it is wartime, the Tianshui Rebellion can be said to affect the whole body, and troops must be sent as soon as possible to quell the chaos! ”

Fang Zhenshan, the chief soldier of Guyuan, frowned and said: "To quell the chaos is to quell the chaos, but now that the Shaanxi-Gansu border army has gathered around Jiezhou City, where should the army be sent to Tianshui City to pacify the rebellious people?" Qi Bin's new army is the closest to Tianshui City, but according to the battle plan of Lord Qincha, after the Mongolian coalition army hits a wall in Jiezhou City, we will narrow the encirclement, force them all the way south, and finally fight a decisive battle near Weishui, and Qi Bin's new army will be responsible for blocking the retreat of the Mongolian coalition army at that time, and the responsibility is the most important, and it cannot be moved lightly! Moreover, Tianshui City is located on the south bank of Weishui, and now it has fallen into the hands of the rebels, and there is a gap in the encirclement, and there are flaws in this plan, and I am afraid that the future war will have to be re-planned! ”

As Fang Zhenshan's words fell, an adjutant general of Guyuan Military Town said loudly: "These refugees suddenly made a mess, and they actually ruined Lord Qincha's plan, which is really hateful!" He will definitely be able to recover Tianshui City in the shortest possible time, behead all the rebellious people, and definitely not let this civil rebellion ruin Lord Qincha's plan! ”

Zhou Bo, the envoy of Shaanxi, had a cold face, and said: "Although this popular uprising has affected the plan, the process of the Tianshui Rebellion is really a bit strange! As far as the lower officials know, when you ordered the wall to be cleared, you repeatedly reiterated to the local government the importance of relocating the people, and strictly ordered the local government to open at least two porridge sheds every day for relief, if the Tianshui prefect strictly implemented the order of the Qincha, the people of Tianshui City would never be in trouble, this is probably because the officials, businessmen and wealthy families of Tianshui City oppressed the people! Therefore, the lower officials believe that Lord Qincha should severely punish those culprits, so that you can calm the people's hearts and quell the chaos as soon as possible! ”

At the time of everyone's suggestions, Li Ru'an, as the eunuch of the prison army, did not say a word, but his face turned pale and his expression was a little panicked - in order to control the place, Zhao Junchen sent Jinyi Wei and internal supervisors to various places to be responsible for inspections, and Li Ruan was in charge of this matter, but if such a big thing happened in Shuicheng today, Li Ruan did not receive the news at all, so naturally he was responsible for it - so when Zhao Junchen was angry just now, his eyes when he looked at Li Ruan were particularly cold!

On the other side, hearing everyone's suggestions, Zhao Junchen still had a cold expression, and his eyes were vaguely disappointed.

After everyone expressed their opinions, Zhao Junchen said coldly: "It seems that you still don't realize what this matter means!" Let me ask you, this civil unrest in Tianshui City is obviously the collusion of officials and businessmen, forcing the people to have no way out...... So, apart from Tianshui City, what is the situation in the rest of the places now? Could it be that the officials and wealthy families in other places are more honest and honest than Tianshui City? Hum! The world is as black as a crow! I'm afraid that all kinds of things that have happened in Tianshui City have also appeared more or less in other places, and now it's not just about Tianshui City, if the people everywhere are persecuted during the period of clearing the wilderness, they are all resentful in their hearts...... Under such circumstances, once the civil unrest in Tianshui City spreads to all parts of Shaanxi and Gansu, what impact will it have? Have you ever thought about this? ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's inquiry, everyone present once again changed their complexions!

Over the years, the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu have been sifted into the Kou by fire, and there have been natural disasters one after another, which was originally a deep resentment among the people, Zhao Junchen has already been aware of this resentment, and originally planned to solve the urgent need of the fire sifting into the Kou first, and then slowly clean up the matter after the war, but now because the local government is taking advantage of the opportunity to scavenge the land in the clear field, this resentment must have reached the extreme, just like a powder keg to blow up at one point! And once the news of the civil unrest in Tianshui City spreads, it will obviously play a leading role and ignite the fuse!

For a while, many people in the tent seemed to see the appearance of people from all over Shaanxi and Gansu rising up one after another, and they couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat!

Seeing that everyone finally realized the seriousness of the matter, Zhao Junchen finally said slowly: "Therefore, the Tianshui people must be properly dealt with as soon as possible!" Not only to end this civil unrest before this matter has an impact, but also to let the people see hope and vent their grievances! At the same time, try to minimize the impact on the war! ”

After speaking, Zhao Junchen's eyes turned to Li Ru'an, who had never dared to speak, and said, "Li Jianjun, you will lead thirty guards and go to Tianshui City in person!" ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's statement, everyone's first reaction was that Zhao Junchen wanted to kill Li Ru'an!

In the midst of the chaos, what can thirty guards do?

Originally, they thought that Li Ru'an would strongly oppose it, but if he, as a eunuch in the prison army, insisted on objecting, Zhao Junchen would be helpless!

However, to everyone's surprise, although Li Ru'an's face became more and more pale, he did not resist in the end, but just came out and asked: "What should be done, please ask Lord Qincha for instructions!" ”

A hint of murder flashed in Zhao Junchen's eyes, and he said, "Didn't I say it just now?" The local officials who oppress the people will be killed! The evil businessmen and tyrants who raise prices to make black-hearted silver want to be killed! The Jinyi Guard, who was originally responsible for monitoring the place but was bought by local officials and businessmen, will also be killed! As for the rebellious people...... I'll give you the right to make a decision on the spot, and it's up to you to decide when the time comes! Rehabilitation is also possible! Zhao'an is also fine! But control of Tianshui City must be restored in the shortest possible time! I say that, do you understand? ”

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