A little episode in front of Jinpingmen Wharf made Luo Yuhong's little interest in revisiting his hometown disappear without a trace. She silently led several women forward, looking thoughtful.

Langzhong City in the Ming Dynasty is not a remote town in Luo Yuhong's mouth, but on the contrary, it is the center of northern Sichuan and one of the largest cities in Sichuan Prefecture.

After walking for some time, the carriage was pulled down the ramp into the city, and when she caught up, she remounted and drove towards the roofs of the temples that jutted out of the city skyline and were mottled brown in the green. Liu Zhibo, Chen Qichi and other officials who followed to Baoning Mansion either changed their sedan chairs or rode horses, and followed closely behind Miss Luo's carriage. They didn't know what else this doctor's daughter would say, they just realized that Zhu Pingjin, the omnipotent Tianhuang nobleman in their eyes, might only be an equal communicator in the heart of this doctor's daughter.

"Yin and Yang are opposite, and Qiankun is mutual; Two qi sympathetic, incarnate all things! The joke of Shi Zheng Anmin, the right governor of the Shu Palace, summed up the thoughts of the officials at this time.

But when his colleagues praised it as exquisite, Zheng Anmin hurriedly denied that it was his own creativity: "This is the thorough understanding of the Ziyang real person of Qingyang Palace!" This official is just touching the scene...... The so-called son of the world: just learn and use! ”

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In the quiet courtyard room, Zhu Pingjin was secretly summoning Liu Mingsheng.

In Zhu Pingjin's strategic chessboard, the Aba region such as Long'an, Songpan, and Maozhou cannot be the decisive strategic direction, and too many resources will not be invested. But as long as it is managed properly, it can play its true strategic value.

This strategic value is embodied in three aspects: barrier value, channel value and human and material resource value.

The value of the barrier is clear at a glance, and the abandonment of Aba means that the Chengdu Plain, the core area of Sichuan, is completely exposed.

The value of the channel is also obvious. Once Li Zicheng left his hometown of Shaanxi and marched to Beijing, as in history, Zhu Pingjin could make a surprise appearance in Longnan through the Aba area, sealing off the way for his subordinates to march westward. Or simply wedge into the junction of his eastward and westward armies, and then threaten the Guanzhong Plain. In terms of specific locations, Zhu Pingjin has set his sights on two important cities or regions. One is Jiezhou, and the other is Huizhou, that is, the Wudu District of Longnan City and the Huicheng Basin where Hui County and Cheng County are located in Zhu Pingjin's previous life.

Jiezhou controlled the valley of the Baishui (present-day Bailongjiang) and was the gateway to Qinzhou (present-day Shui), the halfway point between Lanzhou and Xi'an. Huizhou is an important agricultural area in Gansu Province and can be used as a grain base for operations in the northwest. Zhuge Liang's seven out of Qishan, to a large extent, is to rely on and compete for the Huicheng Basin.

As for the value of manpower and material resources, Zhu Pingjin knew that it was impossible for the ethnic minorities in Aba to shed their blood for the civil war of the Han people. What they value more is the economic benefits brought by mutual assistance. Zhu Pingjin wanted to use the carrot of the mutual gouge, put his hand into it, dump his rich industrial and agricultural products, and exchange them for extremely important war materials such as cattle and horses. Therefore, the layout of Aba, even if it is an idle move, it must be lost.

Thinking of this, Zhu Pingjin closed the blue notebook in his hand and returned it to Liu Mingsheng, director of the Military Intelligence Bureau.

"Your decision to establish intelligence stations in various parts of Sichuan is approved by this world. Long'an, Songpan, and Maozhou are an intelligence gap, and this time the cadres will help the border and want to put people in! ”

"I understand! Some of the reserve cadres were originally trained by the Military Intelligence Bureau. ”

"The construction of the intelligence station outside the province should be stepped up! Message acquisition is important, but speeding up messaging is even more important! This time, the displaced people entered Sichuan, and the old seventeenth of the Neijiang Wang's family made great contributions. A small carrier pigeon bought us a full dozen days. His fleet of pigeons is expanding! Do you want to be included in the Communications Bureau, how did you discuss it with Duan Renxuan? Zhu Pingjin asked.

"The minister discussed it with Director Duan, and I think it's better to put it under the Intelligence Bureau for the time being! The reason is as follows: the number and flock of pigeons are too small, and they have to be used in the most urgent and important places. Only the Intelligence Bureau can determine that the news is the most urgent and important, so it is better to put it in the Intelligence Bureau; Besides, the nests of the pigeon flock are all in Chengdu, and the pigeons that fly back to Chengdu need to be shipped out again, and it is not cost-effective for the Communications Bureau to make a special trip......"

"This son knows!" Zhu Pingjin interrupted Liu Mingsheng, "You can discuss these things." The Son of the World summoned you today to ask you something else! ”

"I guessed it!" Liu Mingsheng was not nervous, but showed a little smile.

"Tell me about it!"

"It must be a matter of western Sichuan!"

"Be specific!"

"Shu Wangfu, Miss Luo!"

"You guessed right!" Zhu Pingjin half-leaned on the cushion of the bed, his eyes squinting weakly.

Only when there are no outsiders will Zhu Pingjin reveal his current true state unabashedly. The continuous work and constant tension had exhausted him physically and mentally. What he needs most now is a month's vacation for himself and his wife.

Shizi was very tired, and Liu Mingsheng could see it. He had the heart to say a few words of comfort, but he really didn't know where to start. At present, there are many things in Shudi, and none of them can be without the command of the prince. Come to think of it. He felt that his young lady's lazy and sparse temperament was really inappropriate to be an errand under Shizi and Miss Luo. It's also a miracle that Shizi can tolerate her for so long.

“…… Chengdu Prefecture is generally calm. The common people are pouring their enthusiasm into stocks, while the gentry are raising funds and preparing to build some kind of money-making industry like the machine bureau, and then go public to issue stocks......

It's just that both the gentry and the common people lack technology...... Some people have beaten their crooked brains to the Shu Wangfu, and are trying to secretly poach people from the machine bureau......

The dealers have no capital and no technology, but there are a lot of ancestral recipes and labor. The rice cake workshop in Chongyizhuang was led by Second Uncle Yang, his wife and daughter. Some of the dealers contributed rice, some of them contributed, and everyone had a share in making money......"

Liu Mingsheng meticulously reported the situation in Chengdu Mansion, and he knew that in front of the prince, he could not hide the slightest bit of the report. Shizi and Miss Luo, sometimes like the gods in the legends of the people, can accurately predict things thousands of miles away.

"Development is king! Development is like an inflated balloon that can smooth out many wrinkles! However, before the institutional guarantee and benefit distribution mechanism are perfect, the diffusion of technology must be controlled for the time being!

In the name of the National Security Bureau, you have written to the Machinery Bureau, the Firearms Bureau, and the Wang Fu Gongzheng, reminding them to do a good job of technical secrecy! Gongzheng is a weakness! Eat the king's luck, and be loyal to the king. Wang Gongzheng took the fortune of the son of this world, so he can't do any tricks of hanging the seal and resigning from the official!

Second Uncle Yang has done a good job, common prosperity, and farmers are ahead of the citizens!

It's just that you have to be careful, investors are not a good thing. After making some money, they get carried away, some openly show off their wealth, some are poor and extravagant, but no one thinks about paying taxes to this son! When the stock market falls, they will cry their fathers and mothers, go to the street to pull flags, and shout for their sons to pay for them! Xunzi said, human nature is evil, this is the ugliness of human nature! You let Han Wendou stretch his nose a little longer! Since the Security Bureau is responsible for the internal situation, it must also keep an eye on the field of economic security! ”

Liu Mingsheng is also the director of the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Shu'an Bureau, and is an out-and-out spy leader under Zhu Pingjin. Zhu Pingjin reminded Han Wendou, deputy director of the Shu'an Bureau, that he was also reminding Liu Mingsheng.

Liu Mingsheng hurriedly responded and continued to report the situation of Qiong and Mei that the prince was concerned about.

The promotion of the one-size-fits-all tax policy has been completely blocked in Qiong and Mei, while Jiading Prefecture has been partially blocked. The gentry only recognized the taxes of the imperial court and scoffed at the will of the Shu Palace. Zhang Shilin, the head of the Qiongmei Wangzhuang who was changed from the dedication department, was broken into the apartment by a group of unknown people a few days ago, and he was seriously injured and said that he had returned to Yazhou to recuperate, leaving only the deputy head of the village Fu Yuanlan to fight his life in Qiongzhou City, but Fu Yuanlan did not dare to go out easily. Xu Kongtu, the governor of Qiongzhou, Li Chuandi, the governor of Meizhou, and Yang Shen, who is known as Yang Tianguan, were afraid that things would not end well if they got big, so they came out to be peacemakers this time. But the mood of the gentry in the two states was out of control, and their presence did not have much effect.

"Since they want to go all the way to the dark, then fulfill them!" Zhu Pingjin said with a smile: "They think that this son is a bodhisattva, but they are just soft-hearted!" Don't you know that the Bodhisattva also has Vajra and Dharma Protector by his side! Let them make a big fuss, and it's better to kill someone. Human lives matter! ”

Liu Mingsheng responded again.

The so-called "human life is a matter of heaven", that is, if human life is born, Zhu Pingjian, the "heaven" of Shu, can "care" and "pay attention" reasonably, reasonably and legally, and there is an entry point to completely solve the problem! As for how to "give some lives", of course, that is what he should think about and do. He had drawn up a plan early on, that is, to use the remnants of the Niujiaozhai bandits to carry out a surprise sweep of Qiongzhou City. But the current situation of the proliferation of local riots in northern Sichuan made him a little worried. He was worried that things would start well, but not end well. After all, those people are bandits, not good stubble. Once the bandits' banditry is aroused, he is very worried about whether it will get out of control and hurt the innocent.

"Don't worry, just do it! Since you want to clean up the world, don't be afraid to smash the jars! If it doesn't break, it won't stand! As if seeing through Liu Mingsheng's concerns, Zhu Pingjin said word by word: "The destiny of heaven is mine, and the people's will is also mine!" A few clowns jumping off the beam can't set off the monstrous waves! ”

"Remember! It's not broken, it's not standing! Go and do it immediately! As for the start time, I think it is better to wait until after the meeting! ”

"Let's take a look at the movement of Chongqing Mansion first! It's best to let Chongqing be the lead of Qiongmei! ”

"Obey the order!" Liu Mingsheng knelt down at Zhu Pingjian's feet and kowtowed heavily. Before Zhu Pingjin could scream, he preemptively said: "The minister asks the prince to cure the crime of deception!" ”

"What's the matter?"

"Miss Luo has arrived at Boryeong Mansion! Miss Luo did not allow the ministers to report to the prince in advance, and the ministers had no choice but to ......"

"You're bold!" The anger that Zhu Pingjin had accumulated in his heart flares up. He was worried about his wife's safety, but he didn't expect his wife to run to Boryeong Mansion without saying hello. As a result, there will be no reliable people in Chengdu to sit in charge, what if something big happens!

"The minister is guilty, please punish the prince!" Liu Mingsheng's head was knocked lower, and his face could not be seen clearly in the dim light. Zhu Pingjin understood in a blink of an eye, this guy must be snickering!

"Are you ready?" Zhu Pingjin asked.

"Don't dare to be negligent! King Deyang has a reliable inside line there, and Han Wendou can act at any time; Gonggong Cao is also prepared there, but the palace is safe! General Song had already mobilized the Protector Army and the Wangzhuang Protectors. If there is a movement, you can support it immediately! It's just that...... It's just that Premier Zheng was asked by King Deyang to accept bribes or rebel, or there are other hidden secrets, and the ministers dare not startle the snake, so they haven't found out. ”

"It doesn't matter, the truth will come out in the future. However, this prince did not believe that Zheng Anmin would rebel. You must not be rude to him, as you should do on weekdays! Zhu Pingjin said.

"Obey the order!"

Zhu Pingjin was silent for a moment, and the silent atmosphere in the room became more solemn. He thought about it, and finally spoke:

"Do you remember that there is a governor named Li Haoli according to the judges?"

Of course he remembered. Governor Li made great contributions to the case of Fushun Wang, Liu Quanzhong, and Chen En's rebellion. ”

"He's still a little bit capable. At present, there are not many people in the yamen who can do things and are willing to do things. If he is interested, let him go to the Shu'an Bureau for an apprenticeship, which can be regarded as making the best use of people. ”

"Now the officials in the province who can do things and are willing to do things, who doesn't want to serve the prince? Besides, he's just an eighth-grade petty official, and he can't even support his family......"

"Go ahead and do it! The more the merrier! Zi said: Time is not waiting for me, and the year is not with me. Since Miss Luo's departure from Rong is a plan to lure the snake out of the hole, let all the cows, ghosts, snakes and gods jump out together! I've been waiting too long! Remember the words of this son today, there are still people behind King Deyang! He is a county king of a distant branch of the side sect, how can he be so bold! ”

Zhu Pingjin said softly. Before he knew it, he clenched his fists.

"Shizi, Miss Luo has arrived, and she has already passed the Jinping Gate!" A shrill voice outside the door announced.

"Dress up!" Zhu Pingjin commanded outside the door.