Mao Xiang's analysis can be said to have figured out the nature of the warlords of the four towns to the extreme, and put forward corresponding countermeasures.

Everyone listened attentively, and when they saw these big men in the past bowing their heads and thinking deeply, Mao Xiang couldn't help but joke while being very proud in his heart: "Now that Gao Jie is besieging Yangzhou, his army is much stronger than Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, and Liu Zeqing, so the key this time will fall on the Qin army." Of course, if the ministries feel that high-ranking officials alone will not impress Gao Jie, there is still a way to keep Gao Jie bowing to the court. ”

Zhang Shenyan couldn't help but ask: "What method?" ”

Mao Xiang: "The reason why Gao Jie besieged Yangzhou was nothing more than to covet the wealth in the city and the southeast tax, and the imperial court could assign Yangzhou to the Qin army for governance. ”

"How can it be?" Zhang Shenyan was shocked: "Ridiculous." ”

"Ridiculous." Gao Hongtu also shook his head again and again.

Just kidding, can Yangzhou give Gao Jie?

There is a saying that half of the world's wealth is in the southeast, and half of the southeast is out of Yangzhou

。

In other words, Yangzhou's wealth accounted for more than 20% of the GDP of the entire Ming Dynasty.

Now, the whole north has fallen. Huguang and Sichuan fell into the hands of Zhang Xianzhong. The areas under the jurisdiction of the Nanjing government are none other than Lianghuai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Guangdong and Fujian. Lianghuai is already barren, Fujian is mountainous, and Guangdong is not developed.

The imperial court came from Yangzhou, Nanjing, and Zhejiang. Among them, Yangzhou's salt is an important revenue of the national finance. If Yangzhou is handed over to Gao Jie, the Ming Dynasty will immediately go bankrupt, and there will be no need for it to exist.

Qian Qianyi laughed: "It's really witty to open up Xinjiang. ”

Mao Xiang: "Fang Cai Xiaosheng is a joke for your seniors." ”

Only then did everyone laugh lowly, and after a while, everyone began to discuss how to divide and encircle the soldiers and horses of the four towns in Jiangbei.

Zhang Shenyan: "Start with Gao Jie, this army is the most powerful, it is estimated that the two of them are bound to win, and I don't know what kind of wish they will make." ”

"What else?" Zhang Shenyan: "It is estimated that Gao Jie will be an earl, is it possible that I will wait for him to be made a marquis?" ”

"No, no, no, what a great effort is required to seal the marquis, this case cannot be opened without permission." Shi Kefa shook his head.

Gao Hongtu frowned: "If you don't seal the marquis, what should you do." Everyone agrees that Gao Jie is an earl, and no one can say which side Gao Jie will choose. ”

At this time, Mao Xiang laughed again. He laughed too many times today, and he felt that his cheeks were a little sour: "According to Xiaosheng, Gao Jie is actually easy there, since everyone has the same conditions, it seems to be a very difficult thing for him on the surface." However, according to Xiaosheng, in fact, this time it is also simple, as long as Shi Butang writes a handwritten letter and sends someone to Gao Jie, this matter will be successful. ”

Gao Hongtu: "What do you say?" ”

Mao Xiang: "Gao Jie covets official positions, but this person is actually a rude and unliterate person. Dare to ask Gao Gong, if you are Gao Jie, if Shi Shangshu and Ma Shiying and Lu Jiude offer the same conditions, who are you willing to go with? ”

Gao Hongtu: "Naturally, I went with Shi Butang." ”

"Yes, that's a good idea." Everyone here has been mixed in the officialdom all their lives, how can they not understand the meaning of the words

。 Everyone in the world knows Donglin and Shi Kefa, but there are few who know Lu Jiude and Ma Shiying. Moreover, the Donglin Party controls the imperial court and is extremely famous. No matter who inherits the throne in the future, the new dynasty is established, and the governance of the country must rely on the Donglin Party people whose protégés and former officials are all over the world.

Lu Jiude and Ma Shiying are just eunuchs, but Shi Kefa's letter represents the entire civil service system in the world. Which is more important, Gao Jie will definitely be able to weigh it. No matter how stupid he is, he knows that Donglin has a bright future.

Everyone didn't expect such a complicated situation, after taking the liberty of the mouth, they figured out a clue in a few words, and proposed a solution, and a sentence inexplicably rose in their hearts: The future is terrifying!

The method of presuming Xiang is very simple, threaten Liu Zeqing, persuade Huang Degong not to help each other, and use the town of Jiangnan to buy Liu Liangzuo, and impress Gao Jie with his official position and future, which is extremely feasible, and he does not have to pay too high a price.

At the moment, several leaders of the Sixth Department of Nanjing and the leaders of Donglin summed up and made a decision: first, wait for the matter to be understood, Lu Fan will succeed to the throne, and the chief military officers of the four towns will each get a count; Second, each person will also receive a large amount of food and salary from the household department in Nanjing; Third, once the new monarch succeeded Dabao, the imperial court established a new military town in Chizhou, and ordered Liu Liangzuo's army to move to Jiande, called Jiande Town. Liu Zeqing's army led Huai'an Mansion, called Huai'an Town. Gao Jie led Xuzhou and Fengyang, and called Xuzhou Town. Huang Degong led Chuzhou, Hezhou, Shouzhou, and Luzhou Town. The four major military towns had separate dominion over the local military and civil affairs, and the imperial court officially recognized them as envoys of one town.

Soon, Shi Kefa wrote a letter to the chief military officer of the four towns, and Gao Hongtu and Zhang Shenyan also signed their names on it, officially acknowledging it.

After writing the letter, Shi Kefa finally showed a smile on his face, and let out a long breath: "Princess, now only a loyal and resolute person who can speak well has been sent across the river, who do you think is better to send?" ”

Zhang Shenyan: "The old man recommended one person, and the Hou Chaozong of the Gentlemen happened to be in Nanjing. This sub-literary style is elegant, and there is no obstacle to arguing, and it can be used. ”

Qian Qianyi also nodded: "This old man has also met once, he is the son of the former military department Shangshu Hou Xun, and he is indeed a talent." ”

The audience discussed, Mao Xiang sneered in his heart, and said in his heart: Hou Chaozong is a talent, and it is just that the article is well written. This matter was originally my proposal, if Hou Chaozong was allowed to cross the river as a lobbyist, wouldn't he have chosen this greedy merit for nothing. Could it be that he was busy, but made wedding clothes for others?

At that moment, he gritted his teeth and arched his hand to everyone: "Princess, one guest is not annoying the two masters, and he is willing to go in his later life."

。 ”

Shi Kefa: "If you are willing to go to Xinjiang, you are naturally the best candidate." ”

Gao Hongtu: "If you want to go to Xinjiang, it's the best." ”

Qian Qianyi and Zhang Shenyan also nodded at the same time, indeed, this matter is a presumptuous initiative, and he should be allowed to do his best. If you send someone else, you will be suspected of sharing the credit.

Suddenly, Qian Qianyi stroked his forehead and said: "There is still a force in the military towns of Jiangbei, but I am afraid that it is stronger than these four towns, why don't you mention it?" ”

"Is the old man talking about Sun Yuan's Ningxiang Army?" Mao Xiang asked. 、

Qian Beiyi nodded: "The Ningxiang Army is known as the first army in the world, and it must be won over and firmly in the hands of the gentlemen of the DPRK and China." This is a sharp blade, and if it falls into the hands of a traitor, it will be a disaster. ”

"Indeed!" Everyone nodded in agreement.

Qian Qianyi: "Why didn't you mention Sun Taichu just now, is there a solution?" According to the old man, he knows that Sun Taichu and you are fellow villagers, both of whom are Rugao people, and you must have some friendship with him. ”

"Nope." Mao Bijiang replied very dryly.

"Why?"

Mao Bijiang: "Sun Yuan is indeed a Rugao clan, and he is the same township as the late life." But this person was born as a weaver child, and he used to be a broken prodigal when he was in Rugao, and his subordinates gathered a group of rangers, bullied men and women, and committed bloody crimes. I, the Ya Master of Rugao County, Bo, went against his will because of a trivial matter, and he was wiped out by more than 30 people. ”

"Ahh Several people were shocked when they heard this.

"This person has committed a big crime, and he should be beheaded by the law. But this person has already been put into Fengyang's left-behind eunuch Yang Ze's men, and he has been taken care of by the eunuchs, and he has become an officer of a thousand households. Later, he was ordered to participate in the Battle of Chuzhou, made military achievements, and captured Gao Yingxiang, plus Lu Gongxiangsheng loved him and was brave, so he was saved. ”

Qian Qianyi: "Lu Jiandou was originally my Donglin gentleman, so in this way, this Sun Taichu and I have some origins. ”

Mao Xiang shook his head: "If Mu Lao wants to win over Sun Yuan, he is undoubtedly seeking skin with the tiger. Sun Yuan and Ma Yaocao have worked together in Yongcheng, and in order to say that the Ningxiang army is fighting against Liu Chao, Shiying has thrown the gold mountains and silver seas into it, and it can be said that the capital has been fattened, and the two have already made a road

。 Sun Yuan is extremely greedy, what benefits can we give him? Therefore, this person simply can't win it. That's right, the Ningxiang Army is too strong. Even if Ma Shiying can't win over the other four towns, as long as he has the Ningxiang Army in hand, he can still take this situation over. Let's ask, today, which town's soldiers and horses are better than the Ningxiang army, which is as strong as Jiannu? ”

When it came to the strength of the Ningxiang Army, everyone's faces turned pale.

Sun Yuan, maybe it's the key to this big change!

Zhang Shenyan: "What should I do according to your words? ”

"Killed!" Mao Xiang coldly spit out such a sentence: "The soldiers and horses of the four or three towns gathered to unexpectedly suppress Yangzhou Town, cutting off Ma Shiying and Lu Jiude's biggest reinforcement!" ”

"Killed!" A few Donglin grandmothers were in a commotion.

Zhang Shenyan shouted: "Exterminating the Ningxiang Army, it's easy to say, it's really so easy to suppress?" As you said just now, the Ningxiang Army's strength is not inferior to Jiannu, if you can really suppress him, the imperial court will not let Jiannu enter Kou four times in a row, and there is no power to fight back. ”

"Mr. Zhang disagrees with this late life." Mao Xiang: "Although Jiannu is brave, every time he goes south to enter the Kou, there are more than 100,000 horses, and the court is naturally powerless to resist. There are only three battalions of people in the Kening Township Army, and there are no more than 10,000 people together. Even if we only win the soldiers and horses of the three towns, there will be 300,000 together. 300,000 against 10,000, can't you still win the battle? ”

Mao Xiang: "Besides, the army of Zhuzhen can still be surprised and catch Sun Yuan off guard." In this matter, there is a ninety percent chance of winning in the late life. ”

Qian Qianyi couldn't hear about the war the most: "Isn't there still a percent?" ”

Gao Hongtu: "Ninety percent is already a high chance of winning, according to the old man, it is worth a try." ”

Zhang Shenyan has a fiery personality: "Chaotic ministers and thieves, everyone will be punished, and the words of opening up the territory are feasible." Kenyuki, what do you see? ”

Shi Kefa didn't speak, only sighed and remained silent. The new dynasty will be established, and once everything is in place in the future, the army of the Ming Dynasty will inevitably go north to destroy the thieves and Zhang Xianzhong's western thieves. As the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, he naturally knew that the Ningxiang Army was an important force for the future unification of the whole country. But now we haven't started to suppress the thieves, and the imperial army has to fight first, isn't this the pain of the relatives and the speed of the enemy?

But several leaders in the Donglin Party mean this, what can he say?

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