In the city of Nanjing, although military affairs were in charge of the three people in charge of the Nanjing Military Department, the Nanjing Garrison Eunuch, and the Nanjing Garrison Admiral, the authority was also large and small. Whenever there is something, it is always the head of the Nanjing Military Department Shangshu to mention the army, and the Nanjing garrison eunuch is the envoy of the supervising army.

However, the Ming Dynasty also had exceptions.

For example, the Mu family of the Duke of Qianguo, who has guarded Yunnan for generations, had a big turmoil in the Jiajing period because of the overlap between the military power and the yamen of the governor of Yunnan. In the end, it was Emperor Jiajing who came forward and asked Yunnan to return all military affairs to the control of the Qianguo Mansion, which unified the power. As a result, the Mu family's power in Yunnan is more stable, and the Dian people do not call it a title when they mention the Duke of Qianguo, but collectively call it the Mu Wangfu, which can be called a prince.

But sincerity Bo Liu Kongzhao obviously does not have such a status.

He is nearly 50 years old, and he has been sitting in the position of the commander of the Nanjing garrison for more than 20 years, but he has never had the opportunity to show his talents. Now he finally took the opportunity of Xiong Ming, the former secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, to be sentenced for his crimes, and became the chief person in charge of the entire Jiangnan counterinsurgency army - this was the best opportunity for him to show his long-cherished wish and revive the prestige of his ancestor Liu Bowen.

Therefore, this time to quell the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect, Liu Kongzhao must be successful.

For this purpose, it is not a great thing for Liu Kongzhao to swallow his anger a little in front of an old opponent like Ji Qingwen and in front of Qin Xiangzhen, a new opponent.

Ji Qingwen could guess a little bit of Liu Kongzhao's thoughts, so he could have no fear, and said: "Lord Liu, your words are to the point, and how to deal with the White Lotus Sect bandits at the moment is the most important thing. Since Lord Liu felt that it was inappropriate to lure the enemy into Zhejiang, then I don't know what your lordship thinks? ”

What can Liu Kongzhao have?

He just didn't want to bear the charge of letting the White Lotus Sect rebellion further expand, so he opposed Ji Qingwen's plan, as for whether there was a better way to annihilate the enemy - the answer was very simple, that is, two words "no".

Therefore, in the face of such a question as Ji Qingwen, Liu Kongzhao could only choose to remain silent.

His attitude annoyed Qin Xiangzhen, who was irritable and couldn't lower his eyebrows.

I saw her eyebrows stand and said, "Since you already know where the bandits of the White Lotus Sect are, then as long as you send troops to fight them and wipe them out, why talk nonsense here?" In this way, you tell me, where is the White Lotus Sect, I will lead the army to pacify it, I will go early and return early, and I will listen to Lord Ji tell me how he injured Dai Shan! ”

Ji Qingwen said with a smile: "Miss Qin, do you know how many bandits there are in the White Lotus Sect? Your 2,000 men seem to be difficult to win! ”

As soon as he heard this, Qin Xiangzhen was aroused again, and replied, "Do you think that I haven't dealt with the White Lotus Sect in Yunnan?" My mother fought a few battles with Xu Hongru, and my mother said that although the White Lotus Sect was babbling, it was vulnerable. No matter how many people and horses there are in the White Lotus Sect, as long as our white pole soldiers charge in formation, there is no one who will not be defeated! ”

Ji Qingwen believes this, but the current White Lotus Sect is not the original White Lotus Sect.

Xu Hongru took the civilians of Nanjing as the main force, and recruited many followers of the White Lotus Sect in Jiangnan. In terms of individual combat effectiveness, these people may not be able to catch up with those peasants and hunters in the deep mountains of Yunnan, but their discipline, knowledge, and ability to understand the orders of their superiors are much stronger than those in the Yunnan-Guizhou mountains. And this is the source of the combat effectiveness of an army.

Therefore, even if the White Pole Soldiers are one of the strongest armies in the world, it is not an easy task to deal with the White Lotus Sect bandits, who now have an absolute advantage in numbers.

Although Ji Qingwen thought so in his heart, he was also afraid that his words would be too direct and hurt Qin Xiangzhen's self-esteem, so he said tactfully: "I also believe what Miss Qin said. But it was easy to defeat the White Lotus Sect, but it was difficult to completely annihilate them. The White Lotus Sect has been plagued for a long time, and the thief's heart has not died for decades, if the leader is allowed to escape again, it will inevitably be a hundred-legged insect, dead but not stiff, and it will be a big incident in a few years. Could it be that when the time comes, will Miss Qin be invited to send troops to help in the war? ”

Although Qin Xiangzhen was willful, he also learned some military affairs by his mother Qin Liangyu's side, and knew that what Ji Qingwen said was reasonable, so he agreed convincingly: "General Ji is worthy of being a person who can injure Da Beile Daishan, your method is good, only by annihilating all the enemy troops is a good way to cut the grass and eradicate the roots!" In this case, Master Ji must have made up his mind, why don't you tell me about it? ”

As soon as Ji Qingwen heard that someone sincerely agreed with his strategy, his heart was immediately overjoyed, and he took Qin Xiangzhen back to the big tent of the Chinese army, pointed to the map and pointed to the strategy he had just proposed, and told Qin Xiangzhen again.

Qin Xiangzhen listened to it again and again and nodded, and when Ji Qingwen finished speaking, he applauded: "Lord Ji, your method is feasible and usable." If you follow your strategy, why worry that the White Lotus Sect and bandits will not be wiped out? If there is such a good idea, why not implement it immediately? ”

Ji Qingwen shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Although my idea is good, it's a pity that my official is not big enough, and he is not in charge here, so he can't be the master!" ”

At this time, the people who had just left the tent had all returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, so that Qin Xiangzhen had a number of targets.

I saw that the young female general pointed at Liu Kongzhao's face, and scolded: "Is this surnamed Liu opposing the opinion of Lord Ji?" ”

Qin Xiangzhen's finger was very rude, which made Liu Kongzhao almost unbearable, and said: "Lord Ji's idea, although it is good militarily, is not well thought out politically. If the White Lotus Sect is introduced into Zhejiang like this, won't you be afraid that the world will shake and the emperor will be angry? ”

Liu Kongzhao used this reason to veto Ji Qingwen's idea of meditation, but Qin Xiangzhen was obviously not as good at talking as Ji Qingwen.

I saw that she habitually raised her eyebrows again, and said: "When we lead the army to fight, we only ask two things: Where is the enemy army? How to defeat the enemy army? That's all. Seeing that you are looking forward and backward like this, what else can you win? ”

Oh, yes! Looking ahead and backward like this, what kind of battle can be won?

These words reminded Ji Qingwen and made him immediately clear his mind and make up his mind.

I saw him walking out of the camp quickly without looking back, and shouted loudly: "Where is Huang Degong? Come on in! ”

Huang Degong, who was idle outside, listened to Ji Qingwen's order, and agreed without thinking about it, and walked into the Chinese army's tent with his long iron rod.

Liu Kongzhao had nowhere to vent his anger, and when he saw that Huang Degong had broken in again, he immediately put on the shelf of the lord and scolded angrily: "What are you?" Our officers are discussing military affairs, do you dare to come in even a puppet? ”

However, Huang Degong only listened to Ji Qingwen's words alone, and listened to Liu Kongzhao shouting in front of him, but he didn't pay attention to him at all, and only replied to Ji Qingwen: "Dongjia, what are you calling me in for?" ”

Liu Kongzhao, who was ignored by a martial artist, suddenly felt that he had been greatly insulted. However, as soon as he looked at Huang Degong's size and size, he knew that he was not his opponent; And Ji Qingwen's "Mingwu Army" is stationed outside the big tent of the Chinese army, even if it is a big fire, he can't take advantage of it, so he can only swallow his anger for the time being.

But I heard Ji Qingwen say loudly to Huang Degong again: "Huang Degong, where is the sword that the emperor gave me?" ”

Huang Degong immediately replied: "Boss, carry it on my back well!" With that, Huang Degong took off a sword wrapped in gold and jade from his back and respectfully handed it to Ji Qingwen.

This sword is the "Sword of the Son of Heaven" given to Ji Qingwen by Emperor Chongzhen himself.

According to the Ming system, the generals who led the army outside the country, as long as they had the Shangfang sword given by the emperor, could exercise the authority of the emperor and attack and kill the generals who violated the order.

Of course, there is a certain scope and certain conditions for exercising the authority of Shang Fang's sword, and if it is used at will, it is the way to cause trouble - Yuan Chonghuan was because of the abuse of Shang Fang's sword and killed a Mao Wenlong who could not be killed, which gradually lost the trust of Emperor Chongzhen, and finally ended up in prison.