With more than 70,000 coolies who do not need military salaries, Lu Hanqiang once again set off a great upsurge in the construction of western Liaoning, countless workshops have been established, countless land has been reclaimed, and next year must be a good harvest. At that time, there should be no problem for the Liao army to complete self-sufficiency in food.

When the Fuliao army was thriving and the Houjin Emperor Taiji was weakening, Xu Jie brought Lu Hanqiang a very headache news, that is, according to the reliable intelligence of the Supervision of the Military Division, Zu Dashou and his family are now smuggling grain to the Houjin area.

As soon as this information came out, Lu Hanqiang had a headache at that time, because others smuggled grain, he could directly cut him with a knife, but Zu Dashou's smuggling of grain made him in a dilemma.

Because first, Zu Dashou is still the chief officer of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, which is equivalent to the general army of Guanning. I really don't have Yuan Chonghuan's courage, so I took a knife and killed this general who was sitting on the side without authorization, and I didn't want to be vigilant by Chongzhen and seize the handle to follow in Yuan Chonghuan's footsteps.

Also, even if the Guanning Iron Cavalry has been split into seven, seven, eighty, eight, or eight, Lu Hanqiang knows that the nearly 20,000 soldiers that Zu Dashou now has in his hands are all Zu Dashou's direct soldiers, this is a group of people who are loyal to Zu Dashou, and once it is not handled well, then Zu Dashou may launch a rebellion. I think that during the Battle of Gyeonggi, Zu Dashou led his troops to escape, and even Chongzhen didn't dare to offend him, just let Sun Chengzong chase him back, and finally gave him the position of the former official of Guanning as a comfort. And now, even if Zu Dashou blatantly overhangs Sun Chengzong of Liaodong, everyone can only open their eyes and close their eyes, and there is nothing to be done.

Don't even think about digging the corner of Zu Dashou, because the leaders of the pro-soldiers under his command are all the children of his clan, which can be said to be both prosperous and lossy, and he is absolutely loyal to him.

There is also the reason why Zu Dashou is behind him, there is a purpose, there is a big thick leg, at the same time, Lu Hanqiang also needs Zu Dashou to squat behind him, so that he can show his attitude to Chongzhen, if because of this matter, he will open the knife to Zu Dashou, then it will give Chongzhen a very bad impression, that is, Lu Hanqiang wants to empty the back road, and the political consequences will be catastrophic, Lu Hanqiang does not want to have anything to drag him back before the restoration of the Liaodong strategy is not completed.

Looking at Lu Hanqiang, who was walking all over the ground and in a dilemma, Xu Jie suggested: "It's better for the adults to go to Shanhaiguan in person, report this matter to Sun Gebu, and hand over this hot potato to Sun Chengzong to do." ”

This is a solution, but Lu Hanqiang said helplessly: "Even if Sun Gebu gets the news, he can't do anything with Zu Dashou, everyone knows it, Zu Dashou can't move, once it moves, it's not good for you and me to the emperor, and when the time comes, it will provoke a desperate backlash from the court Donglin, and the big thing will completely collapse." ”

"But in this way, Zu Dashou can unscrupulously smuggle grain to Houjin, and in that way, it will completely disrupt our plan to starve Huang Taiji to death and consume his national strength."

"Zu Dashou's matter must be resolved, but Guan Ning Tieqi must also squat behind me, otherwise everything can happen, and we must think of a way to get the best of both worlds." Then he looked at Xu Jie: "Isn't your little fan a bad water duoduo?" At this time, I need your help, so think about it. ”

Xu Jie scratched his head, the best of both worlds, easy to say, difficult to do, there is almost no way to have the best of both worlds in this world, especially now for Zu Dashou, if you want to cut off Zu Dashou's way of smuggling grain to Houjin, it will inevitably annoy Zu Dashou, and in order not to annoy Zu Dashou, you can only let him smuggle a huge amount of grain into Houjin, what do you let me do. ”

Lu Hanqiang also knew that his request was indeed difficult for this Xu Jie, although he was resourceful, he was not an immortal, so he shook his head and said: "Anyway, we must come up with a way, or Zu Dashou's actions will completely destroy my great cause of recovering Liaodong, and the solution to this matter must be fast." ”

This request is indeed too embarrassing, but since Lu Hanqiang has an order, Xu Jie, as a staff officer, must do it, so the two of them walked anxiously in the middle of the ground, and after a long time, Xu Jie's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said to Lu Hanqiang: "There is a way, it may still be a good way, but you still have to discuss with Sun Chengzong and Sun Gebu, you must let him come forward, otherwise this matter will not be easy to handle." ”

"What's the method?"

Lu Hanqiang's eyes immediately lit up, and there was no problem with asking Sun Chengzong for help. After all, Sun Chengzong is a loyal minister, brave and hardworking, especially he is determined to restore Liaodong, as long as he wants to restore Liaodong, Old Man Sun will definitely be able to help him.

Xu Jie said: "Since the boss can help us, then this matter is easier to do." ”

Lu Hanqiang asked, "What should I do?" ”

Xu Jie said: "As long as you tell Master Sun, let Master Sun reveal the matter of Zu Dashou's smuggling of grain into Houjin, then give Zu Dashou a good way to retreat, so that Zu Dashou can obey our methods, and at the same time, I can't say that it can also make Houjin suffer a big loss from us." ”

"Okay, since we have a way, then without further ado, let's hurry up to the mountain customs and talk to Master Sun about this matter, the detailed things, let's study and scrutinize it slowly on the way, we must do this matter safely, don't make any trouble for me in the rear, now I am most afraid that others will drag me back."

Xu Jie nodded, "Okay, I'll accompany the adults to Shanhaiguan." ”

"But before we do this, we still have to strengthen our precautions at the junction with Houjin, and try to make him jealous without offending Zu Dashou, at least now I don't dare to send too much grain to Houjin."

"This must be done, otherwise he will unscrupulously deliver a large amount of grain to Houjin, even if we have a way, we will regret it, I will now order Brother Da Zhuang, as well as the little fat man, order the garrisons everywhere, increase heavy troops at the junction with Houjin, and strictly guard it, I want Zu Dashou to know, I already know about the smuggling of grain, I let him at least a little jealous."

So, Lu Hanqiang decided to leave Wang Dazhuang and the little fat man on the front line, Zhao Qiliang settled down, arranged everything, and took Xu Jie and ten personal guards, and the two rushed to Shanhaiguan overnight.

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