"It's hard to say, but generally there are only one or two generals who mutinied, and they just pulled out a few thousand people." Qi Jiguang thought for a while.

He had not personally experienced the mutiny, but he had only seen some of it in the documents and records of the Ministry of War, and had heard some of it.

There are many reasons for the mutiny in the military, and some of them are justifiable, such as the failure to respond to normal complaints, or the situation is worse after the response, and they have no choice but to make a fuss in order to change.

Most of the mutinies were done out of desperation, as a means of spilling coquettish on the court, in order to coerce the court to pay attention to their normal demands.

Although Qi Jiguang does not approve of this radical method, he also understands the difficulty of being a military general.

He was also a military general, a victorious general, and made great achievements in the battle against the Japanese and pirates, but even so, he was repeatedly harassed and attacked by some people in the military department and the cabinet, and he was often so angry that he blew his beard and glared at him.

Later, Zhang Juzheng saw Jin, took a fancy to him, and put him under his protection, after which Qi Jiguang did not continue to be suppressed and persecuted, and gradually gained status and prestige in the imperial court, and everything went smoothly.

Qi Jiguang has a deep understanding of the survival situation of military generals, and such pseudo-military generals can't understand the joys and sorrows. The generals look beautiful outside, but when you go to the military department to do business, you are like a dog after entering the door, you have to wag your tail when you see someone, and no one may pay attention to you.

Although Qi Jiguang thinks so, he still supports it without hesitation, besides, he also has a very good opinion of the border army, he can't fight externally, he is arrogant and domineering internally, and he doesn't give sugar or is slightly wronged and lies on the ground and rolls around, it is really unreasonable for such an army not to be purged.

And it's not necessarily the right thing to do, but it's necessary.

When he returned to the post house, he arranged Qi Jiguang and his entourage in the suites close to him, these suites, like the suites elsewhere, had the master's room, the living room, the entourage and the servant's room, and all the things he needed.

Besides, as soon as he came back, Cao Delin and others came to report and talked about the situation of the three sessions.

"I didn't punish that bastard, and I can see that he refuses to confess, what kind of trick is hidden here, only if he catches his son for retrial, he cares about the relationship between father and son, and doesn't want his son to suffer, maybe he will confess."

Besides, he nodded, if Liao Jingsheng was not the person in this case, he would not agree to use a person's family to coerce and extract a confession, which is beyond his bottom line.

However, Liao Jingsheng, like his father, is also a criminal related to this case, and he didn't want to make a big deal in the past, but he just arrested Liao Bingxun alone, but now he has to arrest all the people related to this case, and then look for a breakthrough.

At this time, a guard came over and reported: "Cao Dutang, the nail board is ready, and the size is made as you said." ”

"Pegboard?" Besides, he wondered.

"This ...... That's the case, we don't have any torture tools, I wanted to borrow some from Datong Mansion, and then I wanted to ask others as well as myself, so I asked the brothers to make a nail board, and the next time they passed the court, they invited their father and son to taste the taste of rolling nail boards, so as not to worry about him not recruiting. Gavin Tiger laughed.

Besides, looking at the three-inch thick and very sturdy planks with the nails pointing upwards, I felt a chill in my heart for no reason. This kind of criminal law is too evil.

He shuddered at the thought of the flesh and skin of a man rolling on it, and his flesh and blood were blurred.

"If you can, don't use it, try to scare and scare them." Moreover, compassion and humanity.

"That's it, it is said that officials protect each other, no matter what, this guy is also a court official, who can maintain him, will still defend him, if he doesn't know how to lift and resists desperately, then no one can save him." Cao Delin said.

Besides, he nodded and said no more.

At dinner, Zhuo Maolin came to find him and handed over the 20,000 taels of silver tickets to him, and he took care of the dividends.

Besides, he smiled: "Half of the people who see it, I'll take this." ”

He accepted a silver ticket of 10,000 taels, and returned the other one to Zhuo Maolin, who did not shirk and put it in his sleeve.

"You can really do it, Brother Zhuo, can you really buy such a high price?" Besides, thinking that those bastards paid a sky-high price and ended up buying only the tip of a fake picture that was set as a trap, I really don't know how green their faces will be when they know the truth.

He laughed at the thought of it.

"Let me tell you, this matter is still borrowed from the relationship of the second master, do you remember the guy we met in the tavern that day, it is known as omnipotent, and he wants everything and everything." Zhuo Maolin said with a smile.

"Oh, remember, like a wand. I didn't expect him to really find you. Besides, he laughed.

Zhuo Maolin said with a smile: "It wasn't him who found me, I took the initiative to find him, I said that the two corners in the hands of Lord Qincha were too hot, and I wanted to throw them out at a high price, so let him help do some publicity." ”

"You took the initiative to find him, didn't he take the opportunity to stab you?" Besides, I wondered.

"Of course he has his little abacus, saying that when you want to leave the customs in a few days, you have to do him a small favor, and this time helping us is considered a meeting gift."

"Oh, what a particular person." And there were some surprises.

"I don't know much about this guy, but it is said that he is very famous inside and outside the Guan, and the business is very authentic, but many businesses are too taboo."

"It's okay for others to say this, but aren't you for breaking taboos*?" Besides, he laughed.

"That's right, our eldest brother won't talk about the second brother, but the whole second brother is much more ruthless than me, do any business, dare to take any business, as long as you can make a lot of money, even if you want the head of a certain tribal chief, as long as the price is in place, he can find someone to start."

Besides, he was surprised: "So this person is really a character, you want to touch his bottom to see what the origin is, if it is reliable, you might as well do a few big business with him in the future." ”

"Whose head do you want to buy?" Zhuo Maolin was surprised.

"The head of the White Lotus Sect Leader Zhao Quan."

"Yes, big brother, take a rest, where is it cool, no one in this business dares to take orders. Zhao Quan didn't kill people because it was a blessing for that person, and he didn't dare to kill him? Zhuo Maolin said disdainfully.

"Zhao Quan is really so powerful? Don't be so ambitious to destroy your own prestige! ”

"Lord Chincha, you still want to keep it simple. Let's put it this way, if you want the head of King Alta, maybe there is a glimmer of hope, and if you want Zhao Quan's head, it is absolutely impossible. You have no idea how scary this guy is. Zhuo Maolin was a little anxious, and finally he was a little out of breath, obviously thinking of something, and his heart palpitated.

Besides, with a sigh, he really wanted the head of Sect Master Zhao, and it seemed that it would be difficult to do this.

After settling Hannaji with the little prince to Anda, he was even more eager to negotiate successfully with the Tatars and sign a treaty that would be beneficial to both sides for a hundred years, and the biggest obstacle in the middle was Zhao Quan.

There are more than a dozen White Lotus Sect disciples on the imperial court's must-kill list, but the main one is Zhao Quan, as long as he is dead, the White Lotus Sect will basically fall apart, and it will definitely be torn apart, and then it is not difficult to eliminate them one by one.

There are many items to negotiate, and the two sides will definitely bargain with each other, and the imperial court has also agreed to give the Tatars the greatest favor, even if they suffer a little loss, they can be recovered in the annual decline in military spending, and the benefits can be doubled, but there are still some problems that cannot be solved.

If the nine border passes save half of the military spending every year, it will be an astronomical amount. The financial constraints of the imperial court will also be greatly alleviated.

He misses the mysterious person who repeatedly sent people's heads to his door, although this person's gift-giving method is too unsophisticated, and it doesn't sound good to put people's heads at the door of people's homes, but now he doesn't complain about him at all, but he especially wants to find him, and then ask him to send Zhao Quan's head too, not to mention sending it to the door, but to send it to his bed, he would rather sleep on the floor.

"To get rid of Zhao Quan, do you really have to use your own talisman?" He hesitated.

The old man once drew a talisman on his wrist, as long as he thought of someone, no matter where the person was, how far away he was, he could use the talisman to track and kill, which was simply more powerful than a GPS and inertial guided missile, and it would never miss.

Besides, he hasn't tried it, but he believes that immortal figures like the old man of Qianji will not lie to him, besides, the soldier talisman was famous during the Song and Yuan dynasties, and he doesn't know how many top masters he killed.

However, he is unwilling to kill, and he doesn't want to open a killing ring, this is the biggest obstacle, otherwise he can launch the talisman now, and he can also kill Zhao Quan in the palace in the city, in that case, the negotiation has a great chance of success.

Is it worth killing one person and saving hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands?

In the eyes of ordinary people, this is not worth thinking about at all, but it is different.

He remembered what Mencius said: If you kill one person and win the world, I will not do it.

That's how he feels now, the negotiation can be put aside for the time being, if he kills one person and wins the world, is he willing to do such a thing?

It's a Hamlet-esque puzzle that can't be solved, at least not yet, and he can't find the answer.

To live or to die, that's the question.

This is Hamlet's conundrum, which is almost unsolvable.

What is this dilemma in the eyes of the vast majority of people? It's strange, of course people are alive and well, why should they die if they live well?

But in some extreme situations, whether to live or die is really the biggest question.

If Hong Chengchou dies to serve the country, he will become a national hero like Shi Kefa, and he will be more dazzling than Shi Kefa. Hong Chengchou's merits and abilities are incomparable to Shi Kefa, but it is a pity that he chose to live and did not choose to die, and as a result, he became a big traitor, forever tied to the pillar of shame in history, and accepted the merciless judgment of history.