Being able to see the overall situation of Sichuan from one city to one place is not a skill; Being able to see through officialdom from the civil turmoil is the ability. What's more capable is to package the dirty thoughts that can't see the sunshine with benevolence, righteousness and morality!

"The whole Shu is the top, and the city and the place are the bottom! Long-term peace and stability is the top, and temporary dissipation is the next! Well said Mr. Cheng! ”

Zhu Pingjin took the lead in clapping his hands and admonished his subordinates in the following martial arts:

"Look ahead! Along the way, there were rioters in Yazhou, Qiongzhou, Pengshan, Shuangliu and other places. Looking at the whole of Shu, the fear of civil unrest has become a prairie fire.

Chengdu is not only a provincial capital, but also the essence of Sichuan. Chengdu is fixed, then the whole Sichuan is fixed. Mr. Cheng's so-called key points, we have to put them on Chengdu Mansion!

Nowadays, we have a small number of soldiers, and we are naturally a drop in the bucket for the entire Sichuan. But Chengdu Mansion also has the governor, the military preparation road, and the general army are all in charge of the six military guards in Chengdu, including the front, rear, left, right, middle, and Ningchuan in Chengdu, plus the left guard of the palace, so there are not many officers and soldiers!

We have to think of a way to quickly quell the civil unrest, and at the same time let our soldiers fight more and more, and fight stronger and stronger! ”

Zhu Pingjin's public praise of Cheng Xiangfeng is not all hypocrisy on the official face. Cheng Xiangfeng's words did give Zhu Pingjin a great inspiration. He reversed Cheng Xiangfeng's logic and clearly announced the idea of taking the lead in solving Chengdu Mansion.

Shizi set the general direction, which immediately made the atmosphere of the venue lively, and even Zhang Shilin, Zhong Zhishou, Fu Yuanlan and Hong Qiren, who were preparing to hold a meeting to make soy sauce, began to whisper.

He Youyi took the lead and said: "The civil unrest is caused by the high taxes and heavy rents of the government officials and gentry, and this is the retribution from heaven!" The small people are just resigned to it. If I kill all the bandits and the people, it is inevitable that I will lose the hearts of the people, and the reputation of the Shu Wangfu and the prince of benevolence and righteousness will not be good. The minister thinks that it is better for the prince to spread the word to the people everywhere first, so that they can abide by their duties, and vigorously promote the policy of rent reduction in our palace, which will definitely be returned to the heart of the four directions and voted from all directions! In this way, the civil unrest is peaceful, and the farmland is increasing, killing two birds with one stone! ”

He Youyi's idea was to conduct propaganda warfare, public opinion warfare, and economic warfare, and ultimately serve the political and military forces.

Zhu Pingjin nodded in affirmation. This is generally a good idea, but it is debatable whether the rent reduction will be carried out in the form of a hand-me-down.

Shu Guoping's idea was to go to Renshou County first, hand over the rebellious people, replenish and repair the army, and then contact the provincial government yamen to decide the future direction of action.

This is a safe approach. Drive directly to Pengshan County to fight with the rebels and bandits, and the victory or defeat will have a negative impact. Forget about it; After victory, the caravan is currently unknown, and this private armed force is naked in front of the bureaucrats and soldiers in the provincial capital, and it is inevitable that some villains will take the opportunity to make some moves, such as impeaching Zhu Pingjin for building a private army without permission, and so on. Zhu Pingjin is now only the prince of the vassal king, and he can't afford to toss like this once.

Song Zhenzong was neat. He said, "Kill the chicken and show it to the monkey!" If you can't win the battlefield, everything is empty talk. It's better to pick a good opponent and practice well! Let the rebels see if this world is my Ming Dynasty! ”

Killing chickens to show monkeys is about killing beautifully and shockingly. The monkey is a rebel in Sichuan, who is that chicken? And when, where, on what occasion and in what way to kill?

Zhu Pingjin praised Song Zhenzong's outspokenness and asked Cheng Xiangfeng for advice again.

Cheng Xiangfeng just played the praise of the prince, and he couldn't help but be proud in his heart. It's just that the stakes are so high that he doesn't dare to bring out his immature conclusions and make the world and everyone laugh at him. It wasn't until Zhu Pingjin named him that he cautiously said:

"As the minister said, the first chaos is in the official, in the provincial capital, and in the second and third divisions. This is just speculation, and the minister does not dare to use this as a basis to talk about the actions of the army. ”

Zhu Pingjin smiled. Although Cheng Xiangfeng is talented, he has a bit of an old problem in officialdom. Things are not done, but the responsibility is pushed away.

"Please also ask Mr. Cheng to know everything, and say everything." Zhu Pingjin smiled.

"In this way, the minister is bold and arrogant." Cheng Xiangfeng put his mind at ease and said what he thought:

"The minister thinks that this matter of quelling the chaos will fall on Lord Liao, the tycoon of Sichuan Fu Liao! This civil unrest was caused by Lord Liao. He strictly pursued tax arrears, which made the people of Sichuan resentful. If the harsh policy of tax arrears is not followed, the people will not stop complaining; As soon as the civil unrest came out, he was another province Futai, holding the soldiers and horses of the whole province, and it was time for him to send troops to quell the chaos. Now that the people of Shu are in turmoil, these two crimes are superimposed, is it not a demeaning crime of exile? Even if he was arrested and brought into Beijing, he was punished and beheaded, and he repeated the mistakes of Shao Fu, it is unknown!

The minister speculated that now that Lord Liao was in the lobby, he must be like ants in a hot pot, so anxious that he was thinking about a good way to solve the problem! ”

Cheng Xiangfeng's words made the courtyard burst into laughter. Song Zhenzong is a martial artist, and he is naturally separated from the literati. The other scholars present were all marginalized figures under the rigid and even paranoid system of electing officials in the Ming Dynasty, so they all had a deep grudge in their hearts against officials at all levels who were born as non-commissioned officers.

There is a joke in officialdom, that is, if the non-commissioned officer is beaten with iron, then the official who lifts people and pays tribute is made of mud. Take Cheng Xiangfeng himself as an example, he had the metaphor of a prodigy when he was a teenager, he became famous at the age of seventeen, passed the township examination at the age of twenty-five, became a lifter, and had the qualifications to be an official. But since then, his career has been like a ghost hitting a wall, and he has tried and failed. Now over forty years old, he is still a state student who does not enter the stream. He said that Liao Tycoon was deflated, and the other people present were inevitably happy, so they laughed.

Zhu Pingjin was well aware of the situation of officialdom at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and naturally knew this. The scholars he recruited were either Xiucai or prisoners, and Cheng Xiangfeng was the only one who raised people. This is due to the reason why Jinshi looks down on the vassal king, and there is also the factor that Zhu Pingjin is currently deliberately keeping a distance from the civil official group. Although the minister of the kingdom of Yazhou Zhizhou was born as a jinshi, he was a special case. He was coerced by Zhu Pingjin for a while in the Yazhou Rebellion, and then was controlled by Zhu Pingjin by various means, and he may not have been sincerely into Zhu Pingjin's private pocket.

Thinking of Wang Guochen, a spark flashed in Zhu Pingjin's mind, could it be that Cheng Xiangfeng meant to let himself repeat the story of Yazhou? Could it be that he sensed what was going on behind the changes in Yazhou?

Zhu Pingjin was suspicious in his heart, and inadvertently glanced at He Youyi. But seeing that He Youyi was laughing with everyone, he didn't have any panicked looks. Zhu Pingjin secretly put his mind at ease, if this Liao tycoon can control it for a long time, it will be a great thing. However, it is far more complicated and difficult to control the governor of a province than to hold a governor hostage, and Zhu Pingjin's cursory understanding of Liao Daheng's personality negates his idea.

Zhu Pingjin stopped when he thought of this, and waited quietly for Cheng Xiangfeng to finish speaking. I only heard Cheng Xiangfeng continue: "What does this old man think at this time? There will be no such two things: one is to quell the chaos as soon as possible; The second is to hand the impeachment chapter to the imperial court......"

It is also in Zhu Pingjin's best interest to quell the chaos as soon as possible.

The central area of this "five beetles" civil riot coincides with the core area of the royal government's interests: the eleven prefectures and counties around Chengdu Prefecture. If the riots are allowed to continue, and the Wangzhuang, Wangdian, warehouse, materials, and silver of the Shu Wangfu in this area are all robbed, privately divided, and burned, then the Wangfu will not only have a hard time this year, but also need a lot of investment in reconstruction.

What's more, the destruction of the ruling foundation of the royal palace in this area means that the power of the royal palace in Shu has been uprooted, and the prince of Shu in Zhu Pingjin has nothing to do. At the same time, a Renshou county has consumed too many resources of Zhu Pingjin and Shu Wangfu, especially grain reserves. Even if Zhu Pingjin gets a few more Renshou counties, he can't digest it. Therefore, it is unlikely that the Renshou model will be replicated in the short term.

As for the impossibility of not handing the impeachment chapter to the imperial court, I am afraid that Liao Daheng himself is also very clear. The mad dogs of civil officials are best at dog-eat-dog. Liao Tycoon fell, vacating the position of governor, which was very beneficial to the people below him. Chen Shiqi, the historical successor of Liao Daheng, is in the position of deputy envoy of the university, and I don't know if he is racking his brains to send news to the Beijing Division. If there is an exchange of interests with Liao Tycoon, this can be used.

Cheng Xiangfeng didn't finish speaking, Gao Antai, who usually didn't speak much on this occasion, interjected coldly:

"Mr. Cheng means to use our toast soldiers?"

This was unexpected.

Cheng Xiangfeng smiled silently, but Gao Antai did not twist: "The prince may not know that this Governor Liao likes to use our Tusi soldiers the most!" My eldest brother said that during the Rebellion of Lunan, Governor Liao had an eye-to-eye with the Sha family in Annan. If it weren't for the Sha family's death, how could Lord Liao have risen to the high position of governor? ”

Cheng Xiangfeng added with a smile: "I heard that when I heard about the Rebellion of Luxury, this Lord Liao was still in charge of the Six-Rank Military Department in Beijing. He once wrote to the imperial court: It is better to adjust the belly soldiers than to adjust the border soldiers, the belly soldiers are brittle and the border soldiers are healthy, and there is a difference between habit and non-practice; It is better to transfer Han soldiers than to transfer Yi soldiers, Han soldiers are slippery and Yi soldiers are strong, and brave and unbrave are different!

This strategy had miraculous results in pacifying Lu'an, and the court and the emperor also felt that he knew the army, so he was put in Sichuan to be the supervisor of the army. Later, Shao Fu fell, and he was sponsored by Yang Sichang and won the position of governor of Sichuan. ”

Zhu Pingjin smiled and asked Gao Antai: "Then Tusi is willing to send troops?" ”

Gao Antai thought about it and said: "It's not difficult to send troops, but what is difficult is the name of sending troops." Without the governor's official document on the transfer of troops, if you send troops without authorization, people will say that our Gao family is rebelling. ”

He smiled and said: "Since the fight against Yazhou, the little ones have been shouting for a few more battles every day, and those who haven't come out are clamoring to come out." They think about beauty, and if they fight a few more battles, they won't have to worry about eating and drinking this year. ”

Gao Antai said it sincerely, and everyone in the courtyard laughed secretly. Indeed, the Tusi soldiers fought in war as an important source of income for them.

He Youyi said: "As long as Duke Liao issues an official document, this dispatch of troops will be justified." But we're going to take the initiative to hand over the handle. In addition to the name of Tusi, we can also fight in the name of the caravan guard, the palace guard, and the Wangzhuang Zhuang Ding in the vicinity of Chengdu Mansion. Whatever is easy to use, use it like that, and you are not afraid of the crows in the provincial city! ”

Action must be accelerated and cannot be delayed any longer. When Zhu Pingjin left, Luo Yuhong was still engaged in scientific research in the Shuangliu County Rent Collection Institute, and I don't know if it is safe now. Wang Zhuang was destroyed, and the tips of my mother's heart were dripping blood. Thinking of this, Zhu Pingjin made up his mind, he stood up, and said with a straight face: "Please Mr. Cheng record ......"

The response plan issued by Zhu Pingjin is divided into four parts:

One is military operations. Zhu Pingjin himself personally led the first battalion of the caravan and the infantry of the Tusi battalion, and continued to escort the captives to Renshou County through the official roads of Pujiang County and Meizhou. After arriving in Renshou County, he turned around and marched to Chengdu Prefecture, waiting for an opportunity to attack the rebels. If necessary, a small number of troops will be temporarily stationed in Meizhou to protect the grain transfer channel in Yazhou.

Gao Rongxuan led the cavalry of the Territorial Division to break away from the main force and spread their force to Qiongzhou, Meizhou, Jiading Prefecture and other places in the name of Tusi to deter unstable areas. After the infantry arrived at Renshou County, the cavalry quickly converged to Renshou.

The second is grain transportation, which is in charge of Hong Qihui in Yazhou. Please ask Tianquan Tusi to send hundreds of more people to use the thousands of captives left in Yazhou to escort Yazhou's grain to Meizhou Wharf by water. In addition to the 40,000 stones left in Yazhou, as much as 70,000 stones of grain need to be transferred. Among them, there are 60,000 stones found in the granary outside the city of Fanjia and 50,000 stones purchased by Wang Guochen and Hong Qihui in Yazhou, and the big families recognized 50,000 stones.

The three are public opinion warfare, propaganda warfare, and policy warfare, which are temporarily in charge of He Youyi, with the participation of several scholars from the Contribution Section. Based in Qiongzhou, Meizhou and other places, they used various means of public opinion to clean up people's hearts in two ways: one bright and one dark. Openly proclaimed the king's determination to quell the chaos, and secretly preached the king's new land policy.

Fourth, Cheng Xiangfeng was asked to immediately draft two letters. First, in the name of Tianquan Tusi, he wrote to the governor's yamen to ask for war and peace of mind; Second, in the name of Zhu Pingjin personally, he told Liao Daheng about the misery of Wangzhuang Wangdian, asked him to send troops to suppress it immediately, and hinted that he could send credit to him so that he could escape the sanctions of the imperial court.

Zhu Pingjin was deployed, and everyone went their separate ways. Zhu Pingjin kept Song Zhenzong and Shu Guoping: "General Song wants to kill chickens and monkeys, and Mr. Li wrote to the bandits of Niujiaozhai to test the knife!" Think about where to kill chickens best! ”