Emperor Chongzhen listened to Sun Chuanting's words and agreed very much, because this was also what Emperor Chongzhen thought.

"Aiqing's opinion coincides with me, yes, that thief is safe on the surface, but in fact he is a wolf's ambition! When recruiting An, I sent Zhang Guangxuan and Zhang Aiqing to Mizhi to preside over the recruitment of An, but who knew that Zhang Aiqing was killed in Mizhi, and this matter had nothing to do with the thief! ”

When Emperor Chongzhen said this, his face was already angry, Zhang Guangxuan's death, in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, this was undoubtedly a slap in the face, which made him an emperor of an empire, how could he stand it!

When Emperor Chongzhen heard the news, he almost lifted the table, if it wasn't for the ministers who stopped him, the matter of Zhao'an would not have been settled at that time!

Now that Shandong, Henan, Sichuan, and the three provinces have been pacified, in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, it is time to settle accounts with the thief, and settle the new accounts and old accounts together!

"Aiqing, in your opinion, if the imperial court uses troops against Mizhi at this time, how many soldiers and horses will be needed? What are the odds? ”

Sun Chuanting is a bamboo in his chest, and he has already imagined in his mind how to use soldiers in Mizhi, I don't know how many times, at this time Emperor Chongzhen asked, he naturally knew everything, and said everything.

"Back to the emperor, the rice fat thief is cunning and good at buying people's hearts, so that all his men and horses are loyal to him, and the people of the four provinces are also deceived by him, so that they are willing to be driven by him.

In this way, the thief is already impregnable in the land of the four provinces, and if the imperial court forcibly fights the thief in Mizhi, then the imperial court will definitely fall into an endless quagmire, so that its own essence and blood will be exhausted!

At that time, even if the thief was exterminated, the court would be in danger! ”

Emperor Chongzhen also had a solemn look on his face when he heard this.

"Then according to Aiqing's opinion, what should the court do?"

"Back to the emperor, if you want to exterminate the thief, you must attack the heart!"

"What does it mean to be the most attacking?"

"The minister suggested that the land occupied by the thief in the four provinces should be divided into four towns and set up four general soldiers, in addition to the thief Wanhua, there are also his generals Lin Fugui, Liu Dongfang, and Liu Xiaoping.

Although these three people are from the same village as the thief, they are not the same surname after all, so it is inevitable that there will be some estrangement.

In addition, according to the minister's information, although the three of them have a high status among the thieves, they are not the closest people to the thief. Therefore, if the three of them are also promoted to the position of commander-in-chief, and the thieves are put on an equal footing, after a long time, they will definitely be able to provoke their civil strife! ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was noncommittal for a while.

"On the other hand, the emperor still needs to declare tax exemption for ten years in the land of the four provinces, provoking the conflict between the thief and the people of the four provinces!

Now, all the taxes paid by the people of the four provinces are collected by the thief, and if the emperor declares a tax exemption for ten years, then the people of the four provinces will have a legitimate and reasonable reason to fight and refuse to pay taxes to the thief again, so that the contradictions between them will be provoked! ”

"In addition to the above two points, the imperial court also needs to implement a strict blockade of these four prefectures, prevent all materials from entering and leaving, and exacerbate their internal contradictions!"

"When contradictions break out within them and they fight with each other, the imperial court will raise heavenly soldiers again and reap the benefits of the fisherman!"

After listening to this, Emperor Chongzhen's brows were tightly locked, and he couldn't stretch for a long time.

After half a ring, I only heard Emperor Chongzhen say: "Aiqing, are the above three strategies really effective?" As you said just now, the thief is cunning and good at demagoguery, not to mention that we will set up three more general soldiers, that is, thirty, three hundred, as long as the hearts of these people are still towards him, what can we do? ”

Sun Chuanting listened, and replied: "Back to the emperor, when the Qin and Han dynasties, there were two people, Chen Yu, they were also friends with each other, one was in trouble, and the other was eager to replace him, but later these two turned against each other and wanted to put each other to death, so it can be seen that such a reckless person, with the change of identity environment, his temperament will also change!"

Please imagine that if the emperor divides the four towns to those four people, will the Wanhua thieves refuse or accept?

If it is accepted, then the thief must give the other three equal status, at least on the surface, so what does the thief think? What did the rest of the thief's generals think?

If he refuses, then he will be no different from openly raising the flag of rebellion, and in this way, he will lose one in terms of moral and legal principles! And among his subordinates, he will leave the impression that he cannot share the wealth with others!

So whether he accepts or rejects, he has fallen into a dilemma, and his heart is beginning to gradually become chaotic! ”

Emperor Chongzhen thought about it and felt that it seemed to make sense, but Emperor Chongzhen was still not at ease and asked, "But what if this plan fails?" ”

Sun Chuanting was a little embarrassed when he heard this, but he quickly adjusted his mood and replied: "Your Majesty, if this plan is useless, there will be no loss to the emperor and the court, and then the emperor will decide how to use troops against Mizhi according to the situation at that time!" ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he thought it was true.

Yes, this method is just to write a few holy decrees, whether it succeeds or fails, the court does not need to pay any price, so why not?

Just like he Sun Chuanting said, it's not too late to forcibly use troops when it doesn't work, anyway, the situation in Mizhi is already like this, and no matter how bad it is, it won't be much worse.

"Good!"

Emperor Chongzhen stroked his palms happily and shouted "good".

"What Aiqing said today made me suddenly open, if this plan is successful, the imperial court will be able to quell the rice fat rebellion with half the effort, and the battle will be won!"

"The minister doesn't dare to take credit, whether it succeeds or not, it needs to be tested by time!"

"Hahaha,,, Aiqing is modest, as long as this plan is implemented, whether it succeeds or not, it can confuse the hearts of the thieves and soldiers, and it will be much easier to use the soldiers when the time comes."

After speaking, Emperor Chongzhen was silent for a while, then looked at Sun Chuanting, and said: "Aiqing, Sun Chengzong and Sun Ge have resigned from me and returned to seclusion, I have agreed, now that no one has dealt with the banditry in Shaanxi, I want Aiqing to be the governor of the three sides, I don't know what Aiqing thinks?" ”

Sun Chuanting was shocked when he heard this, he didn't expect Emperor Chongzhen to value him so much, now he is just the prefect of a single prefecture, if he becomes the governor of the three sides at once, the disparity in status is tantamount to one step to the sky!

After the excitement, Sun Chuanting immediately bowed to Emperor Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to serve as the governor of the three sides, and now, the rice fat thief has threatened the rule of my Ming Dynasty, for the emperor to exterminate the bandits, for the dynasty to remove the troubles, it is a matter within the minister's responsibility, and the minister does not dare to reject it!"

The minister should be the emperor, do his best for the court, and die! ”