Ming Gongjun Jian: In March of the 16th year of Jianxing, the Qiang tribesmen living in the outer city were instigated by Chen Hu, Zou Da and other chaotic people, gathered the crowd and rushed into the inner city, burned 63 houses, and slaughtered 261 county citizens and city guards. The rebels smashed open the treasury of the county government, looted and burned more than 6,700 stones of grain stored in the government.

The people of Diqiang have lived in the mountains and rivers of Longxi for a long time, and they are accompanied by poisonous snakes and beasts, jackals, tigers and leopards all year round. His people are tough and difficult to control, do not obey the forbidden training, and do not subdue the king. Those who are not of my race will have different hearts. The boil wants to accept it, and the people in the county are the same. Farming, weaving, grazing, fishing and hunting for a living. However, its jackal nature, the heart of a snake and scorpion, is different from the people of the state. It is difficult to escape the blame for being careless for this catastrophe. Play Chen Minggong, please Minggong to surrender his guilt, and admonish the rest.

Now from the chaos of the people, they have been taken into custody in the camp, and they are intended to disperse and wander to the villages, where they may be neighbors with the people of the state, and they may be allocated land for cultivation and self-consumption. And with the neighbors of the state, over time, they will be assimilated. The Ming Duke could issue a decree to make Qianghu marry the people of the state, or exempt from taxes and forced labor, or give the land to cultivate cattle, and after a few generations, the people will be the people of the state, and the Qianghu will no longer exist.

He was shocked to hear that the Ming Duke wanted to recruit various tribes, and the soldiers of the guards and counties moved south to recover Longxi. I feel the ambition of Ming Gong. At present, the internal worries have not been resolved, and it is really not appropriate to rush into the army. If we gather the crowd to the south, we will recover Longxi. And the emptiness behind him, if Qiang Hu raises things again, who will calm down? What can I do?

The high-ranking men in the state coveted Longxi, but it was just for their own selfishness and the benefit of their surname. With the trilogy as the army, it is difficult to unify the order. If the military order is not unified, how can we talk about conquest? Last year, there was still the defeat of Woganling, if there is a big defeat again this time, he will be captured and thieves will cross north, how can the three armies be royal?

The first public has a trust, the whip is pointed to the east, and the Dingding Shenjing is fixed, so the word Dingdong is taken. Burning Ming's sense of five years, dreaming of sleeping at night, did not dare to be greedy for a day. I hope that the king will be careful and do not throw away the people's wealth. The life and death of the general are also in the mind of Ming Gong. The head of the Lieutenant Governor's Mansion Shi Zhidun was the first to be headed.

Chen Zhen placed the letterhead in his hand on the table and looked at Zhang Jun who was holding an arrow and throwing a pot. Zhang Jun hurriedly threw the arrow, but he didn't hear Chen Zhen's letter, and when he looked back, he saw Chen Zhen standing aside, silent. Zhang Jun took a towel from a few cases on the side and hurriedly wiped the sweat on his face.

"Done?" Zhang Jun sat down after the first few cases, and then looked at Chen Zhen.

"Hui Minggong, the letter has been read." Chen Zhen replied with an arched hand.

"What do you think, what did Dingdong say?" Zhang Jun was a little tired, yawned, and then stretched his waist, seemingly formless. Chen Zhen hung his head, only did not see this, thought for a moment, and replied: "When Wu Gong was in power, Ruoluo Xianbei had gathered more than 100,000 people, and even attacked Guzang City for a time. Fortunately, Song Du protected Shen Yong and wiped it out with one drum. When he became a duke, there was bald hair and Xianbei for chaos, although the ten-day was calm, Linqiang was also reduced to the flames of war, and the county people went to nine of them. ”

"Dingdongyan and Qianghu are the same as jackals, snakes and scorpions, but they are not alarmist. In the eleventh year, when the state border was in an emergency, his subordinates led the troops to Longxi to raid the grain and grass logistics of the thieves, and they had an understanding. The Qiang clans of Longxi, such as the Fu family, the Yang family, the Yao family, etc., have all done such things as falling into the well. It was just that it was broken up, resettled in the township, and the people of the state as neighbors, and then issued an order to let the two parties intermarry, and after a few generations, they were all citizens of the state, and there was no more Qianghu language, which made the subordinates feel quite novel. After thinking about it, this is indeed the reason. ”

"If you agree with it, can you do so?" Hearing this, Zhang Jun regained a little bit of vigor, sat up straight, and continued to ask Chen Zhen for advice.

"Ming Gong, this law is not impossible. However, first, it is necessary to separate the Qianghu among the displaced people in one place. These Qianghu in Lingju County instigated chaos. Splitting them up at this time is a good opportunity. And those Xianbei and Qianghu near Xiping still need to be subdued by force. When the time comes, do this again. ”

"Dingdongyan and the matter of recruiting troops to fight Longxi, what do you think?" Zhang Jun got up and began to pace behind several cases, looking at Chen Zhen as he paced, and asked.

"Dingdongyan and the matter of recruiting troops to conquer Longxi are also every word, and they are old and seeking the country. Each family clamored for the Eastern Crusade and captured Longxi, but they also had their own ghosts. In addition, the soldiers of the trilogy are basically obeyed by each other, and it is difficult to unify the military orders. The previous envoy sent them to Lingju to help, and said that thousands of people were beheaded and knighted. Each department obeyed its own orders, and its subordinates ordered them to march fifty miles a day, but it was difficult to carry them out, let alone the rest. Chen Zhen thought of last year and led thousands of pieces of work put together by various families to go to help, which was full of emotion.

"The subordinates heard that each family raised a winter, and the grain and grass raised was only enough for 20,000 people for three months. Gaomen guinea dogs, all of them have thousands of gold. However, when they were asked to invest in their wealth and food, no one would give more. Everyone wants others to give more and give less to themselves, and calculating and calculating is such an embarrassing situation at present. ”

Chen Zhen has always seen these high-level styles in his eyes, and it is absolutely impossible to say that there is no resentment in his heart. With the help of his previous trip, he had already seen the faces of these people thoroughly. In his opinion, leading the soldiers sent by each of these people to fight is undoubtedly equivalent to child's play.

Zhang Jun smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Chen Zhichong, don't say it's you, it's Lone, seeing these high-ranking men acting recklessly, repeatedly restraining Lonely, Lone also wants to kill them all his life." However, Duke Wu made such a decision at the beginning, and the state affairs still rely on them a lot. And these people, all of them are basically the same age as Zhao Gong and Cheng Gong. Sometimes Lone is really angry, and wants to scold these old guys with a halberd, but looking at the handful of gray beards, they all endure it. ”

Zhang Jun sighed for a long time, and then knelt down after a few cases, and sighed: "Now that there are garrisons everywhere, it is still possible to completely rely on Li Bai, Li Dingdong, Zhang Lang and other town generals. And we have been fighting with the thieves for more than ten years, but it is also proof that the people who can be regarded as generals in the state today are just these border generals. But if you want to gather troops and forge ahead, where to conquer, you can't bypass those noble gates. ”

Chen Zhen hung her head and was silent, Zhang Jun's emotion can also be said to be full of bitterness. Although on the surface, he is the state assassin of Liangzhou, the Duke of Xiping, and the ruler of the entire state. However, often only those who are close to the people who accompany them on the left and right know how aggrieved the ruler of this state is.

"That being the case, how can Jundang restore Dingdong?" Chen Zhen thought of hundreds of miles away, and the little long history of waiting for a reply while cleaning up the mess, and couldn't help but feel a sense of compassion in his life.

Zhang Jun thought about it, then picked up the brush on a few cases, spread out a blank piece of paper, and wrote a reply on the paper. Chen Zhen stood aside and watched Zhang Jun write a lot of polite words of encouragement and comfort, instructing that the mess would not be investigated, and then wrote a big "Xu cheap action" words.

Zhang Jun took the envelope, and asked Chen Zhen to bring the fire paint, carefully sealed the envelope, handed it to Chen Zhen, and asked him to send his cavalry to send it out quickly. Chen Zhen turned around and was about to walk out, but Zhang Jun suddenly called out to him.

"Chen Zhichong, please wait a moment. I'll send another letter to Master Xie, and I'll send it with you and the horsemen later. ”

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Since the outbreak of unrest on that day, Lingju County has increased its number of troops patrolling the inner and outer cities. The Zhanfeng Battalion, Wang Cheng's Jianrui Battalion, and Shooting Battalion took turns to take over the defense of the outer city. The Jianrui Battalion, which was composed of Qiang warriors in Lei Rong's department, was placed in the four battalions of the outer city and was strictly supervised.

At the same time, Xin Yan also cooperated with Li Yanzhi's work and began to count the situation of the Qiang soldiers who joined the army. Soldiers whose families were involved in the riots were selected and detained separately. After the riot, Lei Rong was "invited" to enter the inner city camp as soon as he entered the city, and was grounded in the place where Liu Xin, the new Sima of the other department, lived. This Lei Rong is also a violent temper, after hearing this series of decisions on the treatment of him and his subordinates, even if he turned his face and injured two soldiers of the Battle Blade Battalion, he was immediately pressed down by everyone. And this move directly sent him to a solitary confinement room behind Li Yanzhi's house.

In view of Lei Rong's experience of hurting people, Li Yanzhi sent another sharp soldier of the Zhanfeng Battalion to take care of him. Although after checking and checking, Li Yanzhi learned that Lei Rong did not have any signs of involvement in this matter, but for Lei Rong, who was so excited, Li Yanzhi finally decided to let him calm down, and then it was better to talk to him again.

Naturally, the most direct result of this series of dispositions is to make the people of the Qiang soldiers who have been put into service panic and everyone in danger. However, after the arrival of the grain, cattle and sheep purchased from other places in advance, Li Yanzhi gave a lot of them to the families of the Qiang soldiers who did not participate in the turmoil. Today's plan can only use these to restrain the hearts of people who fluctuate a little for the time being.

In addition to causing a series of uproars in Lingju County, the subsequent incident also had a great impact on the rest of the counties. Xiping, Jinxing, and Caohan, which are located in the Taoshui Basin, have all begun to monitor the movements of foreign tribes such as Diqiang and Xianbei. As for the small Qiang tribes that fled one after another in Longxi, they also began to treat them with a defensive attitude.

And the most direct outcome of the civil unrest in Lingju, which was not large-scale, was that the military operation that was originally said to raise troops to recruit Longxi this spring was postponed indefinitely. On the court meeting of the subordinates of the Assassin Mansion, the spokespersons of each family tried their best to get Zhang Zhijun to agree to enter Longxi again, but it was all in vain.

After the court discussion, Zhang Jun left the microphones of each family, and he looked at the microphones of the high-ranking scholars with different looks, and couldn't help but feel a kind of anger. And he forcibly suppressed his anger and continued to discuss with these people about the conquest of Longxi.

"Ming Gong originally wanted to conquer Longxi this spring, why did he give up halfway? But there are traitors who slander in front of Ming Gong? Yin Jian, the general of the town army, took the lead and asked directly.

"Yin Zhen Army, the reason why the army was withdrawn this time is not because of slander. Lonely wants to ask the town army, how much do you need to recruit troops to conquer Longxi? How long is the march and how much food and grass need to be raised? How much does it take to prepare mules and horses to escort grain and grass? ”

"This ......" Yin Jian didn't expect Zhang Jun to be so aggressive with one mouth. He didn't think about these questions. It's just that he doesn't have a definitive answer to this. The more troops are recruited, the more grain and grass are needed, and the second is that it is the spring ploughing season, and the more troops are recruited, the less young and strong labor can be used for farming. The state's finances are now stretched thin, and it's hard to weigh them.

Zhang Jun sat up straight and looked at the subordinates below: "Since the Yin Zhenjun can't answer, the lonely will talk about the lonely family." To conquer Longxi, it is necessary to take Didao, Sangbi, Jicheng and other places, and then take Longxi and Nan'an counties to choke Weishui. Unless there are 20,000 elite soldiers, otherwise you can't do it, Zhuqing, what you say is the truth? ”

"Make Jun Mingda......" Yin Jian and all the subordinate officials don't know how to refute. 20,000 troops, for the huge Longxi, is almost a fairly small number. At present, the number of troops gathered by each family is indeed far less than this number.

"Since there are 20,000 soldiers, the conquest of Longxi will last for half a year. The military rations required are more than 50,000 stones, and Zhu Qing thinks that there is a difference in the pool? ”

Looking at the silent subordinate officials below, Zhang Jun continued to settle the account: "20,000 soldiers are levied, and at least 2,000 mules and horses are needed." More than 1,000 carts also need to be prepared. People eat horses and chew, and Longxi conquers it, how much does it cost? Yin Zhenjun, Zhuqing, can you teach me? ”

When everyone heard this, they all heard Zhang Jun's subtext. Previously, the families vowed to prepare soldiers, grain and grass for the conquest of Longxi. Today, there are not enough soldiers, and food and grass are far from being raised. So, how to requisition?

"In today's situation, there is no need to say anything about it." Zhang Jun got up and said: "Lingju took in the Qiang refugees, but because of the lack of food, the homeless people were in turmoil, besieging the county government treasury, burning, killing and looting, and hundreds of soldiers and civilians were killed!" In this way, Li Dingdong's Wuwei army could no longer be moved. And the state soldiers and guards that Gu can recruit are only the 7,000 soldiers led by Master Xie and stationed in Lingju. The rest, lonely and powerless. Now is the spring ploughing season, and the state is not very rich, and it is absolutely impossible to recruit young and strong troops. ”

"And in the past few wars, the state treasury has long been empty. Zhu Qing also knows it. Lone also went to see it several times, and now the treasury is enough to starve all the rats to death. ”

Looking at the silent high-level microphones, Zhang Jun got up and said lightly: "Everyone, go back and discuss with each family again to see if you can recruit all the soldiers or collect all the grain and grass." After you have agreed, we will deliberate! ”

Zhang Jun turned around and walked towards the back hall of the Assassin's Mansion, and the two attendants on the left and right immediately followed. In the front hall, only a bunch of people from various families looked at each other.

"Song Yanglie, I don't know if your mansion is combined into one, how much can you raise a trilogy?" Yin Jian, the general of the town army, touched a nail at Zhang Jun's place, and when he saw Zhang Jun leaving, he hurriedly turned his attention to the rest of the people.

When Song Ji heard this, he also had a bitter face: "The Yin Zhen Army, last year of defeat in Woganling, I led the elite troops, dozens to six or seven." Now, even if you gather the strength of the family, counting the Taishou family of the old Xiping, the family can only raise more than a thousand ......"

When Yin Jian heard this, he felt a sense of regret: "Now it is difficult for all the families in the state to maintain...... When I go back, I will inform Zuo Sima that the matter of Longshang may need to be discussed in the long run. ”

Chen Zhen, who was standing outside the hall, listened to the sound of discussion in the hall, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but raise a smile that was not easy to detect.