Just as everyone fell silent, they heard the voice of a eunuch in the tent: "Lord Ji, then according to you, how should we deal with the bandits of the White Lotus Sect?" ”

Everyone turned their heads to look at the voice in unison, and saw that the person who spoke was Han Zanzhou, the eunuch of the Nanjing garrison, who had been silent for a long time.

Han Zanzhou, the old eunuch, grew up serving Emperor Chongzhen since he was a child, and now he is appointed as the supervisor of the three armies, and his opinion cannot be ignored.

"The White Lotus Sect bandits are flexible and fast, they can't be dispersed, but they should be completely annihilated and eliminated." Ji Qingwen said.

While listening, Han Zanzhou touched his smooth chin with his hand and said, "Lord Ji is thoughtful, it really should be so. But how should we fight in order to 'completely annihilate the White Lotus Sect bandits and eliminate future troubles'? ”

Ji Qingwen discussed this issue with Li Yan, Li Yuanyin, and Yang Zhan many times, and although the opinions of several people were different, after repeated consultations, they finally reached a unified opinion, which was just right to state it in front of so many commanders of the counterinsurgency army.

I saw that I stood up from my seat, pointed to a slightly rough map hanging in the big tent of the Chinese army, and said: "Gather and annihilate the enemy, and now the best way is to lure the enemy deeper." Where to lure the enemy? ”

He looked around and asked himself, "Here it is!" ”

As he spoke, Ji Qingwen dropped his finger heavily on the corner of the map.

Unexpectedly, the governor of Zhejiang was the first to jump up and exclaimed: "No, no." This is absolutely not good, how can you lure the White Lotus Sect bandits to Zhejiang? No, no, never! ”

Zou Weilian saw that Ji Qingwen had set the location of the decisive battle with the White Lotus Sect in Zhejiang, and naturally a hundred people were willing to support him: "Okay, Lord Ji really uses soldiers like a god, I think this place is very good, very good!" ”

Liu Kongzhao frowned, and taught a lesson first: "Lord Zou, please speak carefully." ”

Seeing that Zou Weilian was so frightened by him that he sat back down, he said to Ji Qingwen: "Lord Ji, I also think this matter is inappropriate. If the White Lotus Sect bandits were introduced into Zhejiang, then this White Lotus Sect rebellion would affect the three provinces. Lord Ji, you know, if the rebellion is only in one identity, the court strictly orders the local governor to do his best to teach the bandits; If it affects two provinces, a governor will be appointed to control the military affairs of the two provinces, and this is not the role of this officer; However, if it spreads to more than three provinces, it is necessary to select candidates from among the cabinet ministers to serve as supervisors and oversee the administrative and military affairs of many provinces. In this way, a matter that could have been done calmly will cause the government and the opposition to be shaken, and China and foreign countries will be shocked. ”

He paused, and then continued, "Master Ji couldn't be clearer. The White Lotus Sect first started in Nanjing, and now it has gone to Fujian to make trouble, and if it goes north to Zhejiang, it will be the third province. If this continues, I'm afraid that the emperor will also blame us for the disadvantage of suppressing bandits, and send down the wrath of thunder, I'm afraid you and I can't afford it. ”

The relationship between Han Zanzhou, the eunuch of the Nanjing garrison, and Liu Kongzhao has always been lukewarm, but this Lord Liu's opinion today, Han Gonggong still agrees, so he also agreed: "Yes, Lord Ji, if the demon bandits of the White Lotus Sect really get to Zhejiang, I'm afraid things will be difficult to clean up......

"What's so hard to clean up? Gonggong Han, you have to figure it out, the people of the White Lotus Sect did not run over by themselves, nor did they forcibly beat them. I lured them over, which is equivalent to digging a trap for them to jump in, and if they don't jump, it's not good to clean up, but if I jump, I'm easy to clean up! On this point, I will naturally explain this to the emperor in a letter. Ji Qingwen said.

"Lord Ji is too confident, isn't he?" Liu Kongzhao said with a smile, "The White Lotus Sect Xu Hongru is an old and cunning person, I'm afraid he may not be able to jump into the fire pit according to Lord Ji's deployment, right?" Even if he really fell into the trap of Lord Ji, it would not be so easy for Lord Ji to completely destroy them...... Lady Ji is too confident, isn't he? ”

"Humph! If I am not confident, do I have to rely on your self-confidence? Lao Tzu worked hard to study the strategy of breaking the enemy, but he didn't even have a serious reason, and he vetoed it because he couldn't let the situation expand. Well, I can't fight this battle! You have the ability to deal with the White Lotus Sect Xu Hongru, so you can deal with it. Anyway, I'm going back to Suzhou! ”

After saying that, Ji Qingwen stood up and turned around to walk out the door.

Although the "Ming Wu Army" under Ji Qingwen's department is not large, it is the main force among so many main forces in the White Lotus Sect to quell this White Lotus Rebellion, and it is also the only army that can be used boldly and confidently - there are so many people, anyone can be missing, but Ji Qingwen is the only one who cannot be absent from the action.

Therefore, when everyone saw that he was leaving, they were so frightened that they all stood up, and Shen Liangzuo, who was sitting next to Ji Qingwen, was so anxious that he didn't care about any politeness, stretched out his two hands, and grabbed Ji Qingwen's arms tightly, and said: "Don't be angry, Lord Ji, we are all working for the emperor, and it is normal for us to have some differences of opinion, so why tear your face?" ”

Ji Qingwen originally didn't take Shen Liangzuo in his eyes, but suddenly thought that there were a total of six people present, and he and Zou Weilian agreed with the strategy of annihilating the enemy in Zhejiang, if Shen Liangzuo was added, the number of people who agreed and opposed was exactly three to three, and there was still room for discussion.

So Ji Qingwen reluctantly stopped, turned his head and asked Shen Liangzuo: "Gonggong Shen, what do you think of my deployment?" ”

Shen Liangzuo was frightened by Ji Qingwen's sensitive question, took a step back, spread his hand, and replied thoughtfully: "Lord Ji's strategy...... Very insightful...... It's a little too risky, and it's too ...... Too...... That's what a ......."

Ji Qingwen's face sank: "According to you, you are also against my strategy?" ”

Shen Liangzuo's face was embarrassed, and he said: "Master Ji, your ability, the miscellaneous family couldn't be clearer. It is too ...... to introduce the White Lotus Sect bandits into Zhejiang Not to mention anything else, if it is known by those idle imperial historians, and the spitting stars fly sideways, then the impeachment of the adults will not be able to write out the rice paper in Jiangnan? ”

Shen Liangzuo's words can be regarded as considering from Ji Qingwen's position.

This made Ji Qingwen not easy to have a seizure in person, so he had to say: "Lao Tzu is very good at water, I'm not afraid that those officials will drown me with saliva." As for paper...... Hum! Lao Tzu went back and spent money to open a few paper mills, and asked them to write a piece of music for me. Gonggong Shen, let me ask you, which side are you on? ”

This made Shen Liangzuo embarrassed.

Although he Shen Liangzuo is a celebrant eunuch who was kicked out of the Forbidden City, and a city priest who has been elevated, the benefits he got from Ji Qingwen are real - he doesn't have to do anything a year, he can get a full three thousand taels of snowflakes and silver, which is much higher than his income when he was a ceremonial eunuch. The power of silver made Shen Liangzuo have to stand tightly with Ji Qingwen.

But he didn't want to wade into troubled waters with Ji Qingwen, after all, without Ji Qingwen's backer, he could go back and continue to be his celebrant and eunuch, or he could take Songjiang Dianshan Port from Ji Qingwen......

Under the domination of this complex emotion, Shen Liangzuo finally gritted his teeth and said, "Lord Ji...... Let's put it this way...... It is good to lure the enemy deeper, gather and annihilate him. But there's no need to go to Zhejiang, Fujian is so big, can't you really find a place where you can annihilate the enemy? ”

"Nonsense! If there is such a place in Fujian, why should I go to Zhejiang? Isn't this taking off your pants and farting! Ji Qingwen scolded.

After scolding viciously, Ji Qingwen realized that the ratio of the number of people who opposed and agreed with his strategy had changed from three to three as he expected to four to two - he was already defeated.

This made Shen Liangzuo, who was extremely high-spirited, both a little disappointed and a little discouraged, and turned around to walk outside the big tent of the army.

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly said, "Lord Ji, everything is easy to discuss, why do you need to go?" ”

Even Liu Kongzhao, who was most opposed to Ji Qingwen's strategy, also persuaded: "Come on, come on, Lord Ji, let's discuss it carefully, there will be no complete plan before it is time." ”

At this moment, I saw a herald hurriedly running in from outside the big tent of the Chinese army, stopped in front of Liu Kongzhao, and bowed his head: "Lord Qiyu, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good!" With that, he began to gasp for breath.