Chapter 741: The People's Heart Is Like Water (I)

Inside the room of the Liaison House. Shen Mo wore a white-washed kudzu cloth shirt, his hands crossed on the big case, his expression was a little tired, and his eyes were even more obscure and elusive.

Liu Xian was wearing the crimson second-grade military general's uniform, sitting on the chair opposite the big case, not daring to look at Shen Mo, but his breathing was a little heavy. The two had been silent for a long time, and the atmosphere was very solemn.

"I'm sorry, sir." Liu Xian still spoke, he looked up at Shangfeng's eyes, and said in a hoarse voice: "But when I recommended Zhang Gong, I really thought he could be competent......"

Shen Mo still had his eyes slightly closed, and there was no expression on his face.

Liu Xian's sweat came down, in fact, whether it was Hao Jie, He Xinyin, or even Shen Mingchen, Yu Yin and others, the reason why they couldn't feel the coercion of Shen Mo was because they were too far away in terms of status, everyone was not in the same circle at all, and Shen Mo never put on a show, so he felt that he was approachable.

But at the level of Liu Xian. The feeling was different, he clearly saw a shrewd and unpredictable boss, even if this person was always smiling, it was enough to make him tremble and walk on thin ice, and he did not dare to take it lightly - especially when he almost killed him because of himself.

So he had to explain earnestly: "My lord also knows that the last general is not a hereditary general, but a half-way congrong, and he just wanted to eat at that time, and he never dreamed that he would be able to wear a second-grade official uniform and become the commander of the general army." All this is inseparable from Zhang Gong's promotion at the beginning, if it were not for him, there would definitely be no me today. If I don't want to repay, the beast is not as good as it......" In the end, his eyes were already red, and his voice was choked.

Shen Mo finally opened his eyes slowly, his gaze stayed on Liu Xian for a moment, then drifted to the door, and said slowly: "Can military affairs be used to repay favors?" ”。

Liu Xian said in a low voice: "At that time, the last general felt that no one was more qualified than Zhang Gong, and instead of recommending others, it was better to help the old boss." ”

Shen Mo shook his head slowly, and sighed: "China's affairs are bad here-when you encounter something, you don't think about the imperial court first. He doesn't think about the people, but thinks about his own small circle first, and sees if there is any advantage to take advantage of, how can he not be bad?! Speaking of this, his tone became stern, and said, "You Liu Xian is the official of the imperial court, not just a foolish villager who only stares at his own small life, if you put your personal feelings above the interests of the country like this, you should return to your hometown as soon as possible, and save yourself from harming the country and yourself here!" ”

This was said very seriously, Liu Xian knew that Shen Mo was extremely angry, so he became more and more afraid to speak, waiting for Shen Mo to dissipate his anger.

"But I can't blame you all for this matter," After a while, the silent tone gradually softened: "It was I who didn't investigate deeply, so I used people hastily, so I brewed this cup of bitter wine." ”

"Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers...... Liu Xian comforted softly: "If you lose, you will win it back, and you will still be the winner." ”

"I originally thought the same way......" Shen Mo looked at Liu Xian and said slowly: "But along the way." What I saw and heard, but I was discouraged...... How did you bring your army? Stealing chickens and touching dogs, eating and drinking for nothing, oppressing the people, and doing all kinds of evil, can the people not hate? ”。 The more he talked, the more angry he became: "Through talking, I sadly found that they don't have much affection for the imperial court, and they don't believe that we can succeed in suppressing the bandits, but hope that we will get out of here as soon as possible and let them live a peaceful life!" Said a self-deprecating smile and said: "I said that the Southeast Jingluo personally arrived, maybe there would be hope, but they all laughed at me for being too stupid and naïve, and said: 'Counting on broken shoes and broken feet, counting on the official master to break his heart', regardless of whether it is Jinglu or the governor, they all came to our southern Gannan to make money, and the bandits were exterminated, what does the official eat......"

"The common people look at our officials and the army like this," Shen Mo looked at Liu Xian with some anger, "Where do you make my confidence come from?" ”

"My lord......" Liu Xian said in a difficult low voice: "Please believe the subordinates of the last general, although the children are usually a little muddy, but fighting is not a good child's livelihood, the more they usually mess around, the more desperate they will die when they fight......"

"I don't deny this," Shen Mo shook his head slowly, and said with a straight face: "But this is not a battlefield for you to kill in all directions, but in southern Gan, where the geographical situation is complicated and the ethnic situation is more complicated, the rebels are inextricably linked with the local mountain people, and if we don't pay attention to maintaining military discipline and disturb the people too much, they will easily fall to the rebels," he said, spreading his right hand and saying, "Once we completely lose the hearts of the people." These 100,000 mountains, as well as the millions of people in the mountains, will all be accomplices of the traitors, and we will definitely be defeated! ”

"What do you mean by ......" Liu Xian somewhat understood: "To appease?" ”

"To be precise, it should be a combination of suppression and appeasement." He said in a deep voice: "We must resolutely suppress those stubborn rebels, but for those who are the people, we must do a good job of pacifying them, so as to avoid fighting more and more and falling into the quagmire of suppressing bandits." ”

Saying that, he got up and paced to the bottom of the hall, and said slowly: "Investigating all the way, I found that since the Sanchao Rebellion, Gannan has been abandoned by cultivators and weavers. Standing still, he said confidently in a silent tone: "The people's minds are determined, which is a prerequisite for a complete suppression of the rebellion - the people's demands are actually very simple, if it is not for the fact that life cannot go on, who will follow Lai Qinggui and Xie Yunzhang to rebel?" In the same way, as long as we can help the people live their lives, they will definitely help us. Destroy the stubborn bandits. ”

"Your Excellency is extraordinarily wise, and you really make sense." Liu Xian got up and said softly: "But this policy will inevitably lead to discussions, how will the adults of the DPRK and China view this matter at that time?" Won't it interrupt your plans? ”

"What you say is reasonable." Shen Mo nodded. One of the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty is that no matter what the situation is, the hardliners will always dominate public opinion -- even if the main force is destroyed, the important ministers are killed, and the emperor is captured, there will never be a day when the capitulation faction succeeds. This is the innate character of the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang who imprinted the empire - he used a young, energetic, and angular newcomer to act as the imperial historian. Although the official positions of these imperial historians and ministers were low, the power given to them by the emperor was very great, and he ordered them to supervise hundreds of officials and impeach lawlessness. For this reason, it is possible to hear about rumors and even refute the holy decree. That is to say, from the emperor to the hundred officials, there is nothing they can't manage.

After the establishment of this supervision system, it has played an indelible role in cracking down on corruption and perverting the law, maintaining the integrity of officials, and safeguarding the justice of the imperial court. In front of this group of hard-headed officials, even the emperor has to retreat, even if it is the first assistant, he can't resist their successive group attacks, so he can only go into the wilderness.

It is precisely because the performance of the generations of spokesmen who are not afraid of power and sacrifice their lives for righteousness have firmly established their righteous and glorious image, making them the objects of worship of the whole society, and then gaining the dominance of public opinion, or hegemony -- their views are just, and those who oppose them are traitors.

One of the distinctive characteristics of this dominant power is that it has a tough attitude towards foreign enemies and internal thieves, and no matter what the strength of both sides is, they must fight to the end, and any compromise will be regarded as a weak act that violates the imperial system and will be impeached by all the officials.

The reason for this, in addition to the fact that the officials are young and vigorous, full of pride in the heavenly kingdom and self-respect, is also because when summarizing the reasons for the humiliation and death of the former Song Dynasty, the people of this dynasty generally believe that the lord and faction of the Song Dynasty bear an unshirkable responsibility.

Under the guidance of this kind of thinking, the officials of this dynasty went to the other extreme-even if others took the emperor to the city, they did not compromise at all, but directly declared the emperor invalid, eager to bombard him to death with a cannon.

It's not a bad thing to be tough, but it's not good to be tough regardless of the target, unfortunately. The victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression has fueled the arrogance of the hardliners, and against this background, whoever dares to propose to replace the suppression with appeasement will inevitably be labeled as a coward and a victim of the people, and will be besieged by the officials.

Shen Mo knew that Liu Xian's worries were not unreasonable, but he had made up his mind, and clenched his fists heavily: "I will take care of the affairs of the imperial court, what you have to do is to clean up the military discipline, do not commit any crimes in the autumn, train and prepare for war, and be ready to attack at any time!" With a wave of his hand, he said undoubtedly: "If you come out of the basket again, the new and old accounts will be settled with you!" ”

"Yes......" Liu Xian knew that he had made up his mind, and it was useless to say more, so he replied solemnly.

"These ** will go back first to reorganize the military discipline, and three days later, summon the whole battalion of guerrilla officers and above," said in a deep voice: "Come to the Jingluo Mansion to discuss matters." ”

Manifest and answer.

"I'm going to talk about the ugly things ahead," Shen Mo looked at him with firm eyes and said, "Cherish these few days, and give your 'brothers' a good life, otherwise there will be ugly places for you in the future......"

"Yes......" Liu Xian replied again.

The two discussed the next arrangements again, and talked about it until noon, Liu Xian didn't even dare to mention the word 'receiving the wind banquet', so he hurriedly went back and acted according to the order.

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Three days later, Liu Xian led a group of generals to come to the gate of Jinglue Mansion early, and at this time, in front of Jinglue Mansion, the banner of 'Qin's order to Jinglu Southeast Minister' had been hoisted, hunting and hunting in the wind; outside the gate in front of the mansion, the brocade guards lined up neatly, and the distinctive clothes and armor and majestic demeanor all showed the inviolable majesty of the southeast governor.

Seeing this scene, the officers couldn't help but be secretly awe-inspired, and after the report, the quiet procession entered through the side door, passed through the instrument door, and came to the lobby to discuss the ...... It is said that it should be in the second hall, but the Jingluo Mansion is simple because of its ugliness, and after the lobby is the back hall, there is no second hall at all.

The interior was in charge of the silent guards, and the chief of the guard asked the generals to sit in two rows under the hall, and then went to the back hall to invite Lord Jingluo.

Liu Xian sat at the top of the left row next to the big case, he looked at his subordinates, all of them looked at their noses, noses and hearts, and none of them said anything in turmoil, and he couldn't help but feel some comfort in his heart: 'It's not in vain for my ......orders in the past few days,' in the past three days, he has locked up all the officers and soldiers in the camp, and he has only done one thing every day -- that is, to recite military law. Now it seems to be working well, at least I know the rules......

After a moment of relief, he began to worry again...... Master Jingluo is so angry at himself, can the relationship between the two sides go back to the past? In case Shen Mo is overthrown because of the policy and line, where should he go? At the end of the day, he didn't have any spectrum in his mind.

Liu Xian was thinking wildly, and a clear voice sounded behind the hall: "Lord Jingluo has arrived!" Almost subconsciously, Liu Xian bounced up from the chair and knelt on one knee; The rest of the officers did the same, all knelt down on one knee and said in a loud voice: "Welcome Master Jingluo!" ”

I saw Shen Mo put on his three-grade official uniform today, it was indeed a person who relied on clothes, Buddha relied on gold, the crimson official uniform was on his body, he put on a black gauze official hat, and stepped on the official boots with a foundation and a face under his feet, and walked calmly step by step, and immediately became full of momentum and not angry and self-assured. Even Yu Long and Qihu, who followed him closely behind, seemed to have become a background decoration.

But Liu Xian will not treat them as decorations. When he saw these two generals he feared the most, his pupils couldn't help but shrink, and a trace of uneasiness swelled up in his heart, but his thoughts disappeared...... If Shen Mo really wants to deal with himself, why waste so much time with him?

"Get up," Shen Mo didn't have the slightest politeness, walked straight to the back of the big case and sat down, and then motioned for Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang to sit down in the reserved position, his eyes slowly swept over the generals, and said lightly: "Before the discussion, this official will ask you a question: Where are we sitting now?" ”

The generals said, of course it's in the lobby, where else can it be? I don't know why, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know why Shen Mo asked.

Shen Mo looked at the doubts on everyone's faces, and said with a smile: "Do you think this official's question is too funny?" Yes, we are sitting in the lobby peacefully, but in the eyes of this official, it is more like sitting in a boat that is bumped and broken in the wind and waves of the river and sea! As he spoke, his face gradually became solemn and said: "What's more serious is that everyone on the ship is unconscious, sitting and sleeping, with different hearts and uneven strength, and there is no awareness of facing danger at all!" ”

"The Governor is not scaring everyone." Liu Xian echoed the silent instructions and said: "The imperial court has discussed major disarmament several times this year, and everyone knows this; But what everyone doesn't know is why no result has been negotiated. ”

The atmosphere in the lobby was tense, and it seemed that the world was not as big as the rice bowl, and nothing was as refreshing as this topic.

"It's because the Governor is under pressure for us." Liu Xianchao bowed his hand silently and said: "My lord has repeatedly written to speak for us, so that the imperial court can realize that a strong army is an indispensable defender of the southeast, which makes those who want to cut off our way of life have not succeeded." ”

After listening to the words of the general soldier, the generals looked at the silent gaze and suddenly became hot...... Truth be told, the issue of disarmament has been bothering them for a long time. It has been rumored that the imperial court will dismiss more than half of the army, and the corresponding officers will also be reduced by half. This is by no means out of nowhere, and although it is difficult to disarm, it is not impossible, because the southeastern army no longer has a world military system, but is recruited from among ordinary people. Since it is recruited, of course it can be dismissed, and I believe that as long as the court makes up its mind and comes up with enough severance money, there will be no big mess. As soon as their subordinates are dispersed, these officers will become empty shelves for others to slaughter, which no one wants to see.

But before everyone's 'Engong' could be called, Liu Xian changed the conversation and said: "But they don't die with the heart of killing us, they can't make a plan, and they have another plan, so they came up with a method of 'recruiting soldiers to change the world', and want us to fend for ourselves!" ”

There was a buzz, and the officers couldn't hold back any longer, and scolded one after another: "Who is so lacking in virtue and came up with such a bad idea?" "The day he was the first to come up with this idea, and he didn't give birth to a son!" This idea is indeed extremely dirty, not to mention how many soldiers are willing to convert civilian households into military households, but simply to say that if the current military system is changed back to the world military system, the imperial court and local government will no longer supply money and food. Food, clothing, and housing must be relied on by one's own income.

The saddest thing is that it is also impossible to land in Tuntian, because almost all of the land in the southeast of the military tun has been encroached upon by large families and gentry. The soldiers hoped that the guards would not survive, so they had to become tenant farmers, and half fled to work in the city to find a way to survive......

Now the court wants to push them into the fire pit, and the officers can bear it, that's what the hell is called.

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"Quiet, quiet, quiet......" Liu Xian stopped the noise of everyone, got up and saluted Shen Mo and said: "My lord is right, we have indeed reached the most dangerous time, the court wants to use the knife, we must pick up the soft persimmons and pinch them first, our newly defeated army is the best target." As he spoke, he simply knelt down on one knee and said, "Please help us, don't let us suffer this catastrophe......"

The generals also knelt down and prayed together: "Please help us, so that we will not be destroyed......

"Get up quickly...... "Shen Mo owes his body, and he helps everyone to help: "Of course I will do my best to speak for you......" said with a sigh: "But this time, Governor Zhang was seriously injured, and he was defeated, and this official, as the southeast economic strategy, was also implicated...... To tell you the truth, the wind in the DPRK has changed, and many people who support me have begun to wait and see, and those who oppose me have taken the opportunity to jump up and down, and every day there are recitals to impeach me. ”

The generals listened intently, and although they knew that the adults had something to do, they couldn't help but panic.

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It is not recommended for pessimistic and sensitive people to watch "If You Are Honest Do Not Disturb 2", anyway, after watching it, I feel that people are in this life, it's really boring, the dead ball is over...... Then wake up, damn, my beautiful life has just begun.

Chapter 741: The People's Heart Is Like Water (I)

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