A brisk footstep outside the house came from far and near, and as soon as he heard the sound, Zhu Pingjin knew that it was Liao Daheng. No matter how fast or slow his steps are, he will always land on the soles of his feet, and will never alternately fly with the soles of his heels like a young man. The footsteps stopped abruptly at the door, followed by a barely audible whisper, and then the footsteps sounded again, only this time in the distance.

Zhu Pingjin knew that it was the little eunuch at the door who blocked Liao Tycoon's drive.

He picked up a cigarette from the cigarette case on the table, placed it on the candle flame and lit it. A puff of smoke erupted from the mouth and nose, and the choking smoke immediately spread through the closed room.

Did Tycoon Liao bring the latest battle report?

By the way, if everything goes according to the battle plan, the 2nd Company of the 10th Battalion, the vanguard of the task force, will engage the local thugs besieging the Xinzheng Dam this morning, and the battle situation will be reported to Boryeong Province at noon. In addition, the Liu Zhen clan should also be in contact, and perhaps other troops have sent back news.

Zhu Pingjin sighed softly, since he came to this world, he has been as tired as a dog every day. And in the outside world, every day is fighting, every second is dying. The wife who can come to this world with him is intoxicated with her own personal world.

She may not realize that the difference between Zhu and her is not only the difference in gender and identity, but more importantly, the difference in goals!

Zhu Pingjin knew that his wife looked down on people in the system in her previous life, so she used a lot of money she earned to stimulate Deputy Director Zhu. Deputy Director Zhu earns a dead salary, is poor and short-minded, and is known for being shy in the circle of friends, so his family status is not high. But now, Zhu has turned over as a slave and sang, and his wife still uses the same set in the past to clean him up, and even digs his corner!

Zhu Pingjin thought of his wife, and couldn't help but feel resentful. The few pieces of letterhead scrawled in front of him also looked so hateful. He wanted to grab it and rub it, or push open the window and shout to the spring light outside the window:

"Look, this is my wife who was born again with me!"

However, as a politician, Zhu Pingjin's calmness and rationality are always his greatest strengths.

The news group once secretly reported that before Tian Qian left Chengdu to work in Tongchuan, he wrote a letter to his students, one of which was his evaluation of Zhu Pingjin:

Calm and quiet, soft and modest, good and indisputable, humble and peaceful, treat things with righteousness (Note 1).

It means that Zhu Pingjian's demeanor is serene and steady, calm and calm. Soft and knotty, bamboo in the chest. Good at benevolence, do not compete with the people, be humble but not complacent, be peaceful but not narrow-minded, and treat people with a fair attitude.

In the end, Tian Qian's conclusion was: Zhu Pingjin is "the right lord of the country." ”

This "country" is, of course, not the "Shu Kingdom" on the surface, but alludes to the "world". Zhu Pingjin knew that this evaluation was somewhat untrue, but he was still satisfied with this evaluation and was determined to conscientiously practice the demeanor of the lord of the world from now on.

As the lord of the world, how can he be stumped by these two small pieces of paper?

Zhu Pingjin shook his spirits, injected true qi into his whole body, and restarted the translation of pinyin characters.

……

The little eunuch Zuo Tong sent away the tycoon of Shufu Liao, and still stood outside the prince's bedroom respectfully, holding his breath to feel the movement in the house.

Last time, the Wujian Express Prince killed someone, and he killed the eunuchs around him, will he kill again this time? Zuo Tong was uneasy. When Shizi slapped the table just now, he was already trembling all over. However, after Shizi's seizure, there was no sound in the house. Could it really be good for evil today?

At this moment, a faint smell of smoke wafted out of the room.

The son of the world is secretly smoking!

From the perspective of health preservation, Liao Fu clearly advised the prince to quit smoking;

And Li Liangyi in the courtyard is even more resolute against the son of smoking.

He regarded smoking as self-defeating and equated with unfilial piety; Smoking is regarded as self-depravity, which is equivalent to gambling and prostitution, so when you smell the smoke on the prince's body, you will be furious, and maybe you will even play the court! If Dr. Li Liang smelled it, he would definitely ......

Zuo Tong thought about it, and a good idea popped up.

The evil thoughts of the little eunuch Zuo Tong, Zhu Pingjin, who was locked up in the house, naturally didn't know. At this time, he was holding a cigarette in his hand, lying deep on the table, turning the last two pages of the letter over and over again.

Inadvertently, a drop of sweat fell from his forehead, soaking the center of the letter.

No wonder my wife wants to draw five spikes!

That little thought of betraying his wife had already been thrown by him to Java. This melon girl! Zhu Pingjin scolded angrily in his heart, the most important thing is to say the front! Say the front! Say the front!

……

Bang bang bang!

The good doctor was furious, and stretched out his arm to hammer Zhu Pingjian's door. He moved his hands and flapped his nose as he struggled to drive the stench of smoke away from the air.

"Kick off the world! The old minister has advice and advice! ”

"Lord Shizi, the slaves and maids can't stop Li Liangyi......" The three little eunuchs in front of Li Liangde shouted together.

"Fuck off! The son of the world has an itchy body, and it is instigated by you cheap slaves! This official wants to play the Ming Holy Lord, and destroy you to the nine clans! ”

The weak deadbolt finally couldn't withstand the strength of a few people, and broke with a snap. The door was wide open, and several people couldn't hold back their steps, and they tripped over the threshold and fell to the ground. There were three little eunuchs under Li Liangde, but they didn't fall hard. He took the lead in getting up, straightening the black yarn, and then bowed deeply to Zhu Pingjin:

The body of the son of the world is the foundation of the country. Now that there is an itch, how can you not hesitate to do anything about the country! Please follow the doctor's advice and stop smoking!

The three little eunuchs also got up, all with crooked hats and slanted clothes, so they were not embarrassed. They peeked at Shizi and saw Shizi smiling, rolling the remaining cigarette in his hand into a porcelain jar on the table and extinguishing it. A smell of burning ash from the paper was emanating strongly from the porcelain jar.

The movement in the courtyard alarmed the guards at the door, including Liu Weiming, who was serving as a guard. They rushed in, and after a while, they figured out the situation, and the knives and guns in their hands did not hesitate to point at Li Liangde, an outsider.

Seeing that the situation was favorable to him, the three little eunuchs looked at each other, and the foreman Zhang Wei stepped forward and knelt down:

"The slave and maid participated in the impeachment of Li Liangyi for trespassing into the palace of the prince without a will, and he said nothing, and there was no courtesy!"

"Li Liangyi has been in the Shu King's Mansion for 18 years, serving the former king and his mother, and has always been loyal and dedicated. Today's events are excusable, and the son of this world is not guilty. ”

Zhu Pingjin said to Li Liangde with a smile. However, the smile on his face flashed, and his sharp eyes stared at the three little eunuchs:

You go out first, please Liao Fu and Mr. Cheng come over immediately!

……

"Three wills are drawn up at once!"

Zhu Pingjin stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, and the light in the courtyard passed through the thick window paper, leaving a sideways silhouette for the overwhelmed Liao tycoon.

"The first way is to the official government, Wangfu Wangzhuang Wangdian and all the people of the Protector Army, especially the roads and waterways of Wanghan, Shunqing, Baoning, Miantong, Zijian, and Luzhou in Hezhou Military Hospital, if you find three single girls traveling together, ask your name and send it to this prince immediately! In case of resistance, ...... on the spot Threshold send! ”

Whose girl made the world so aggressive?

Cheng Xiangfeng, who was recording, was puzzled, and even Liao Tycoon was curious. Fortunately, the prince then explained:

Miss Luo urgently told this son that the lord of Taiping County ran away from home with his two servants, and it was likely that he would go to Hezhou Military Hospital to sign up as a nurse. The poor fourth uncle has nine children, but there is only one daughter! Hearing that the lord of Taiping County disappeared mysteriously, the fourth aunt has cried and fainted several times! Ay! ”

"Shizi, it's not good to make a big fuss! The old man was worried that the thief would find out, thinking that strange goods were ......" Liao Tycoon hurriedly reminded.

"Liao Gong is thoughtful. Hey, just do what Liao Fu said! ”

Zhu Pingjin sighed and issued a second will: "The second will, eight hundred miles urgent." Seven days later, on 5 February, a special meeting of senior officials was held in Boryeong Province. The following clans and ministers must attend the meeting on time: Neijiang Wang, Liao Daheng, Liu Zhibo, Chen Qichi, Fang Yaoxiang, Luo Dajue, Wu Jishan, Zheng Anmin, Hong Qihui, Li Chongwen, Cheng Xiangfeng, Song Zhenzong, 、......"

"The minister has written it down." Cheng Xiangfeng replied in a deep voice. The clans, high-ranking officials and important ministers of the palace of Sichuan Province all gathered in Baoning Mansion, and they all knew that something big must have happened without asking.

"The third will," Zhu Pingjin in front of the window was silent for a long time, and finally knocked on the desk with his fingers and slowly opened his mouth, "Order all the troops of the Protector Army and the Protector Team to immediately mobilize secretly and maintain a first-level combat readiness!" Once a rebellion occurs, it must be resolutely suppressed immediately, and it must not be tolerated and treacherous! ”

Liao Daheng was about to speak, but Shizi stopped him with a gesture.

"In addition, the seventh battalion of the Luzhou National Protector Army commanded one company of the sixth battalion, one company each of the three village protection teams of Luzhou, Hejiang, and Naxi, and nine Tusi companies with the surname of Naxi, which were combined into the sixth regiment of the National Protector Army. He Youyi, the regiment commander and supervisor of the army. The 6th Regiment immediately moved out of the Gulin Field of Yongning Hall, and occupied Renhuai County in the lower reaches of the Chishui River and Tucheng in the middle reaches of the Chishui River (Note 2), controlled the Chishui River, and monitored the direction of Zunyi Province. Once you find out that Miao Yi is in rebellion, attack immediately, no need to report it separately! The Yajia Guardian Brigade dispatched the county Guardian Brigade to form a battalion to Luzhou and included it in the Sixth Regiment of the National Protector Army. The battalion commander and supervisor were recommended by the Yajia Corps for temporary signature, and the superintendent of the military department inspected and confirmed the ......"

With such a big move by the prince, Liao Tycoon finally couldn't hold it back.

"Shizi, what is happening?"

"Spring ploughing is imminent, Miss Luo sent people to various places to buy ploughing cattle. A caravan walked to the Zunyi Military and Civil Mansion and learned that there was a Tusi conspiracy to rebel in Zunyi Mansion. ”

Liao Tycoon's doubts were undiminished.

"Zunyi Mansion, a remote place. One or two Tusi plotted rebellion, and it was enough to warn the local government garrison, so why not mobilize the whole army again? ”

"Qiu Zigong, the maternal uncle of this son, transported the king's mansion to store rice for a long time and sold it in Jiangnan. When I arrived in Anhui, I saw hundreds of thousands of refugees crying in the wind and snow, and I couldn't bear it, so I bought them back and transported them to Sichuan for reclamation. Letters to Kuizhou, Kuizhou Zhuang Wei Chen learned, so he sent the book to Chengdu with flying pigeons. Shicai received an urgent letter from Miss Luo, and in desperation, he had no choice but to do so. ”

"It's a trivial matter for the palace to buy a few people, but the prince just said how many people he bought? The old minister's ears are back, can you ask the prince to say it again......"

"Hundreds of thousands!" Zhu Pingjin replied coldly.

"Oh my God!" Liao Daheng and Cheng Xiangfeng, who had not interjected, were stunned.

Hundreds of thousands of people, how much food to eat in a year!

"The minister wants to pay homage to the impeachment of Anhui and Fu Zheng Eryang!" Liao Daheng shouted angrily: "He is rich in the south and can't support him for half the world, how can I live in the wild land in the western part of Sichuan?" ”

"Liao Gong, I'm afraid it's more than hundreds of thousands!"

Zhu Pingjin's tone was as cold as a block of ice and as heavy as a mountain.

"The refugees from Nanzhi entered Kuimen along the Yangtze River to the west, and the refugees from Huguangjiang and Jiangxi provinces followed, as well as Henan and Shandong...... Zhu Zhihan of the clan has arrived at Yiling. According to his visual speculation, there will be no less than one or two million refugees in Sichuan! Kuizhou Wangzhuang reported that the first batch of Huguang refugees had traveled to Wushan. Wei Chen personally interrogated and learned that most of those people had fled from Xiangyang Mansion, and a few of them were still from Nanyang! ”

If you want to feed two million refugees, Sichuan's taxes for three years will not be enough!

Liao Tycoon is almost unstable. But when Cheng Xiangfeng went to help him, he shook off Cheng Xiangfeng and roared: "The old man wants to impeach Ding Qirui, Song Yihe and Chen Ruimo!" The exiles of Huguang and Jiangxi, how can they drive to Sichuan! ”

"Liao Fu, the urgent task now is how to settle the people!" Cheng Xiangfeng was also a little angry, "The music has been going back and forth for half a year, how can people be hungry for half a year?" Even if the emperor approves the impeachment, it will not help to make up for it! Besides, as long as these refugees are settled, Ding Zhuang can recruit them as soldiers! ”

Liao Daheng is not stupid, he has already thought of this layer. It's just that the end of February is the autumn grain limit, and if he resists the order and does not pay, the emperor is likely to take him, the governor of Sichuan, first.

"Shizi, what should I do?" Liao Daheng asked Zhu Pingjin with a glare.

"Last year's autumn grain, I had to use Liao Fu's official clothes to resist for a while. As long as I survive this year, next year I Sichuan can pay five million taels of silver for the imperial court, plus this year's tax arrears, eight million, one tael is a lot! ”

Zhu Pingjin said, and couldn't help but smile at Liao Daheng. His method is still the so-called "flickering". As long as you fool this moment past, you will gain time. And time will bring stability to Zhu Pingjin in Sichuan, bring a strong army, bring economic prosperity, and bring many things that Zhu Pingjin wants!

The princes of the court are not easy to deceive! Liao Tycoon still has a sad face. Suddenly, his eyes lit up: "Just say that I Sichuan found a big silver pit west of Tianquan!" A lot of people are being sent to dig it. If the court has any doubts, then ask the emperor to send a messenger to see with his own eyes. This goes back and forth, and a year has passed! ”

Although Liao Tycoon's method is shameless and low-level, if it is to win a year, it may really work.

Cheng Xiangfeng is more concerned about another matter: "Shizi, Wang Zhuang and the team of protecting the village are mobilized again, spring sowing is imminent, and the busy farming season is ......"

"Please come to Boryeong for a meeting to discuss how to resettle the refugees." Zhu Pingjin said calmly: "Refugees must be resettled, resettlement requires reclamation, and reclamation requires wasteland. Now the wasteland is all over the wilderness, but one or two inferior gentry deliberately cover the land and do not plant. How is this kind of national thief different from a local tyrant? ”

In early spring, it is warm and cold.

A cold wind blew in through the rotten door, making the Sichuan governor shiver in his sable clothes. The national thief is equivalent to a local tyrant, is this the prelude to the killing of the prince?

However, as soon as Liao Daheng's mood fell into the ice cave, Zhu Pingjin immediately reached out to help and handed over a brazier that warmed his heart and lungs.

"But the arrival of millions of displaced people in Sichuan is not just a matter of resettlement! Mr. Cheng has already said that if this homeless person wants to eat, he can also gather as an army! But the Sichuan officers and barracks can't fight, and the guards can't be guarded, so what's the use of raising them? It's better to cut it to the fullest, and take the soldiers who can fight and organize them into the national defense army......"

"Shizi! The old man thinks that the first thing is that the military orders and government orders are gathered in the Shu Palace! Liao Daheng interrupted Zhu Pingjin's words, "The most important thing is to organize the army!" With soldiers, everything is easy to do......"

"Liao Fu is really old and seeks the country!"

Zhu Pingjin nodded with satisfaction, and then added: "All-round development, overall advancement, this is necessary!" The new deal of Shudi, this Baoning meeting can set the tone! It's just the person who takes care of it, and the son of this world has not yet ......"

"The ministers are for Chuanfu, and they should not let go!" Liao Daheng bowed and bowed.

Note 1: Excerpt from "Liutao State Affairs"

Note 2: Renhuai County in the Ming Dynasty, now Chishui City, is a county under the jurisdiction of Zhen'an Prefecture (now Zheng'an County);

Tucheng Town, called Wudu City in the Yuan Dynasty. During the Red Army's Long March, Mr. Zhu personally went into battle on the battlefield, controlling the key pass from Guizhou to Lu;

Renhuai Fort, now Fuxing Town, Chishui City. Today's Renhuai City was formed after moving Renhuai County to the Shengjie Tingzi Dam during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, and the two should not be confused.