Shen Xi directly asked the commander of the three guards in Guangzhou to meet with the Nanhai County Ya, which made Li Che a little overwhelmed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info He made a mistake with Shen Xi as a subordinate, which was based on the joint advance and retreat of the three divisions and yamen, while the commander of the lower guards did not have so many concerns, once Shen Xi showed the warrant of the military department, they would bow down and obey the order, and they would not think too much about things.

Li Che's voice was fierce: "Lord Shen, even if you want to be introduced by the last general, you should go to the various guards, and you should not summon them here." ”

Shen Xi said disapprerovingly: "Is there anything wrong here?" Maybe the official doesn't quite understand the rules of the commander of the guard, but even if the official makes a mistake, he will report to the court afterwards, and he will not worry about General Li. The official's people have been setting off for a while, and I believe that the three guard commanders are about to arrive at the Nanhai County Ya. ”

Only then did Li Che know that Shen Xi was not improvised, but had already made arrangements.

It's useless to say anything now, the person has been invited by Shen Xi halfway, as long as he, the commander of the capital, is present, Shen Xi is in accordance with the rules of the imperial court, and the commander of the capital will cooperate with the governors of the three provinces to meet the generals of the local guards, and Li Che will not be able to impeach Shen Xi to the imperial court with this matter.

Li Che was a little annoyed: "Lord Shen, what are you going to do?" ”

Shen Xi suddenly slapped the wood, startling the people in the public hall.

Shen Xi said sharply: "This official was ordered by the emperor to go thousands of miles to the land of Fujian and Guangdong to eliminate bandits and robbers. But after arriving at the place, all I saw was the collusion of officials and bandits, and the inaction of the government and the guards, which caused pirates, river pirates, robbers, and bandits to run rampant, and the people were miserable. General Li still has the face to ask what the official is doing, but the official wants to ask, what are you doing as a commander, why did you put my Ming people in danger and let them fend for themselves? ”

Shen Xi was impassioned, Li Che blushed and lowered his head in shame.

Shen Xi continued: "The government connived at the Japanese and the bandits, and gave and received them privately, and the people had grievances but could not redress them. This official was ordered to put down the bandits, but the three divisions not only did not help each other, but set up obstacles everywhere, this official hated to wait for you to correct the law on the spot, and to correct the court! Li Dushi, are you helping your own official, or not? ”

Li Che's expression flickered, and he was scolded by Shen Xi, only to feel embarrassed, but in his position, he was no longer just a military general, but also a politician.

Whether or not to send troops to suppress bandits has gone beyond the scope of the army to fight. If the army is dispatched, it will cost a lot of money and food, and the political envoy will need to raise the money and food by the guards themselves if they do not allocate money and food, and the effect will be extremely limited. In addition, if bandits and robbers were banned all at once, it would cut off the money and food that the local government had to ask for every year due to banditry.

In addition, the commander of the capital did not give private advice to the Yamen and the pirates, but only adopted a resigned approach, and the bandits robbed the ships to make trouble, and the army had an excuse to ask the court for money.

Li Che said: "Lord Shen is light-hearted, many things are not as simple as you imagined. ”

Shen Xi said angrily: "How simple is this official thinking? Are you going to tell me that this bandit can't be removed? ”

Li Che really wanted to say that it was best not to get rid of this bandit, otherwise the soldiers of the southeast guard station might have to eat chaff vegetables, and it would be difficult to even support their families, but he couldn't say that, but moved out of a big reason:

"Lord Shen, the bandits are haunted on the sea, there is no way to trace their whereabouts, the front guard and the thousand households have sent troops many times, all of them are empty, just the march, the local government can not afford it, it is purely a waste of labor and money. If you want to suppress bandits, you will only order the government to pay harsh taxes and increase the suffering of the people! ”

Shen Xi smiled slightly: "But what if this official doesn't use the local government to provide money and food, and raises his own military expenses, and after pacifying the bandits, can the officials and people on the southeast coast have no worries about food and clothing?" ”

Li Che was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "Lord Shen, don't be joking, this ...... No way! ”

Shen Xi waved his hand, and retired the idle people in the yamen lobby, and even Liu Xiang, the magistrate of the county, was invited out. When only Shen Xi and Li Che were left in the hall, Shen Xi said: "General Li knows that there are so many highly respected ministers in the court, but His Majesty has appointed such a young and vigorous Hanlin official who has been an official for only three years to come to the three provinces to serve as the governor and coordinate the suppression of bandits?" ”

This stopped Li Che, he had also considered this question before, and even asked Zhang Yuanying and Lin Tingxuan, and the answer he got was that the emperor was nepotistic, because Shen Xi was a lecturer in the East Palace, and he was about the same age as the prince, so he was entrusted with important tasks by the emperor, and he didn't consider whether he had the ability in this future life at all.

Of course, Li Che couldn't say that, and saluted: "The last general doesn't know." ”

Shen Xi sighed: "Actually, this official knows that his talent is shallow, and he can't be compared with the old ministers of the court, but this official once sent an envoy to Quanzhou to fight with the Buddha ......."

For Shen Xi's contribution to Quanzhou, the imperial court did not announce it to the public, so the military merits basically belonged to the Fujian Metropolitan Command Department and the local health office, which is also an important reason why Shen Xi's affairs in Fujian were smooth, because the military knew Shen Xi's merits, even if there was a conflict of interests, but the Fujian military still gave full trust to Shen Xi, whether it was the Xingdu Division or the command of the envoy Yamen, they did not cause trouble to Shen Xi.

But the Guangdong region didn't know Shen Xi's ability, and after listening to Shen Xi's words, Li Che was suspicious: "Lord Shen, what you said will eventually be heard, but ...... It seems to be ...... with you It doesn't matter much. ”

Li Che is not very sure, as the highest military governor of Guangdong Province, he got more news than others, Shen Xi went to Quanzhou as a Qin mission, he heard about it, and then there was a battle with the Francophone and the Quanzhou prefect Zhang Lian was investigated, and then there was the imperial court imitating the Franco machine gun, and the power of the three sides.

Shen Xi said: "General Li may not believe it, but Wang He, the commander of Quanzhou Wei, and Cai Lin, the eunuch of Yongning Wei, have some friendship with this official. Now that Wang He, the commander of Quanzhou Wei, has served as the commander of Huguang and the commander of Sidu, General Li should have heard of it, right? ”

Li Che frowned, what Shen Xi said was not bad at all, Quanzhou Wei commanded Wang He after the battle with the Francophile and the Franc machine man has been transferred to Huguang as the commander of the capital, as far as Li Che knows, the imperial court has the intention of giving Wang He a knighthood, and after the knighthood, Wang He is likely to be promoted to the commander of Huguangdu, or transferred to the three sides, and the future is bright.

Because of the Battle of Quanzhou, Wang He became a rising star in the Ming military circles and was envied.

But in fact, in the battle between Quanzhou and the Francophile, Wang He did not participate at all, but afterwards, in order to show the merits of the military, the imperial court transferred the original reward to Shen Xi to Wang He, Wang He knew that he was stained with Shen Xi's light, and he complimented Shen Xi.

"So what?" Li Che will be suspicious, could it be that the victory in Quanzhou was not fought by Wang He, but the handiwork of this young superintendent?

Shen Xi said: "General Li must have thought that this official was open-mouthed, and when this official went to Fujian, he had correspondence with Wang Tongzhi, and General Li asked him to take a look." ”

After speaking, Shen Xi took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Li Che.

Although the letter was written by Wang He himself, although it did not mention the details of the war in Quanzhou, he respected Shen Xi in his words, and called Shen Xi "Shen Gong" by his subordinates, and mentioned that if Shen Xi exterminated the bandits in the three provinces, he would need the assistance of the Huguang Command Envoy and would provide as much convenience as possible.

After reading the letter, Li Che believed that the young man in front of him was not simple.

Shen Xi said: "In fact, this official can do today, and he is all graced by His Majesty. Before the official went south, His Majesty summoned the official to the Qianqing Palace, and he said for two hours that it was appropriate to give him a face-to-face lecture......"

Li Che gasped.

How much grace is it to be alone with the emperor in the Qianqing Palace for more than two hours? I think he is the commander of Guangdong, but he has only met the emperor two or three times, and each time he only met from afar in the court, and he has never been alone at all. Li Che thought to himself: "This is the difference between inside and outside, no wonder everyone in the world has to squeeze their heads to take the imperial examination, once the court is famous, they can always admire the face of the son of heaven, what a beauty?" ”

Li Che had lost his previous arrogance and perfunctory, and said calmly: "Lord Shen, the last general doesn't understand what you mean by saying these words. ”

Shen Xi Zhengse said: "Your Majesty earnestly advises that the reason why the bandits in the three southeastern provinces have been repeatedly banned is that the corpses of local officials are vegetarian, or there are mistakes in governance. If the local military generals prevaricate perfunctory, they can report to the imperial court and replace them in time. ”

"Lord Shen, don't be alarmist!"

Although Li Che said this, he had already begun to worry at this time, since this young governor was so capable, even Wang He was in command of Shen Xi's glory, and the emperor trusted him so much, it was not an exaggeration to give Shen Xi the right to kill first and then play.

Shen Xi said: "General Li doesn't believe it. However, His Majesty has confessed that if anyone in this crackdown on bandits can make meritorious contributions, he can be added to the rank of knight. ”

Li Che immediately understood what Shen Xi meant, and it was clear that he was using officials to tempt and win him over.

In the Ming Dynasty, the commanders made the official positions prominent, but they were not hereditary.

There were nine hereditary officers in the Ming Dynasty: Wei Commander Envoy, Wei Commander Tongzhi, Wei Commander Servant, Wei Zhenfu, Zheng Qianhu, Deputy Qianhu, Hundred Hu, Trial Hundred Hu, and Zhenfu. Even if Li Che has the ability, he can only win the hereditary position of the commander of the guard for his son, but this still has to be determined by meritorious service, and as for the hereditary title to become a member of the honors, it needs military merit to determine.

Li Che said: "The last general understands what Lord Shen means, but the suppression of bandits is really a waste of money ...... the people."

Shen Xi said with a smile: "This official only needs to get the cooperation of the local three divisions and yamen, and he will have a way to raise military funds." Your Majesty once gave an explanation that if the official was to promote several crops from outside the territory in the southeast coast, the local people would be enriched within three years, and the officers and men in the army would also benefit from it. ”

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