At the same time that Chahan's attack on Lianghuai was unfavorable, the news of the defeat of the Mongol army in Xiangyang came, so Chahan led the army to flee north in a hurry. When his subordinate King Chi Lao crossed the Huaishui in the north, he was attacked by the Shunchang defenders under Du Gao, and 400 war horses and other items were robbed. In the evening, the Mongol army was again attacked by the Song army. After the king of Chilao retreated to a safe place, he sent an envoy to ask Du Gao for the 500 war horses and other looted items that had been looted by the Song army. Du Gao wrote a letter to reply that if the Mongol army returned all the Song property and people they had looted in Lianghuai, he would return the five hundred horses, and the matter would be settled.

At the same time, Pizhou rebelled under the rule of the Mongol army, and the Song army went to the rescue, but was broken by the Mongol defenders of Pizhou, and the rebellion was quelled.

This is the general situation of the Mongol activities in Lianghuai this time.

Generally speaking, because the Mongol army attacked Lianghuai this time, because of the unfamiliar relationship between the terrain and climate, most of them only used traditional plundering tactics and tentative attacks, ravaged the countryside of Lianghuai, and tested the reality of cities in various places, and did not produce an offensive and defensive battle like Xiangyang. And Qiu Yue, who guarded Zhenzhou, and Du Gao, who guarded Anfeng, both showed their outstanding talents.

Zheng Yunming was sure in his heart, his father of Senior Du was one of the few famous generals of the Southern Song Dynasty who he could remember his name in another plane, and it seems that today it is indeed worthy of his name. As long as Du Gao held Lianghuai, and Zhao Kui and Meng Hui held Jinghu, he would have enough time to manage the ruined political situation in Sichuan.

He said to the young envoy: "I have learned about the situation in Lianghuai, you can rest for a while, and I will write a book to return to Huaixi Shizhi and Anfeng Du Zhijun respectively." By the way, don't know your name yet? ”

The young man arched his hand and said, "The villain Li Tingzhi is from Suizhou." ”

Zheng Yunming subconsciously replied: "What are you doing running out so early?" You didn't just come decades later" The words have been spoken, Fang felt that it was inappropriate, and changed his tone to cover up: "In addition to replying to the letter, I also want you to do one thing, when you return, take a detour to Xiangyang, and go to Yang Liang, the commander of the Tulong Army, to ask for a few things, one is to ask for the drawings of the transformed large sample copper general, this large sample copper general, the range can reach 1,000 steps, and the defense of the city is very effective, you ask Yang Luo to select a few best craftsmen and masters to go to Huaidong with you." Second, I asked for a booklet on the burning of blue and red bricks, and told Du Gong that coal could be purchased in Pingxiang, and all the cities in Lianghuai could be strengthened into brick walls. Third, ask for a booklet on the salt drying method, I have asked the white senator of the Metropolitan Department to try the method of drying salt in Nanzhang County, the land of Huaiyang is the central market of salt in the country, you go up to Du Zhijun, Huaiyang to salt prosperity, to the city and the city to solidify the city, with firearms to help, you can be as stable as Mount Tai. As for the upstream land, it is all on Zheng Yunming, and there is no need for him to worry about it. ”

Li Tingzhi answered and said goodbye and went out.

Zheng Yunming turned sideways and said to Wang Deng: "This kid is young and resolute, he will definitely be a pillar of the imperial court in the future, and he will be able to recruit us as soon as he has the opportunity in the future." ”

Wang Deng nodded yes, and said: "The new officials of the Sichuan Department of the imperial court are now in Chongqing, and they are urging the capital to return to Chongqing for deliberations. ”

Before Zheng Yunming left for Chengdu to fight, he received a notice from the imperial court, which was procrastinating and cumbersome in peacetime, but it was always very fast in wartime. The army to rescue Sichuan has just arrived, and the rewards and punishments for Sichuan officials have also arrived. The punishment was so vigorous and resolute that even Zheng Yunming was taken aback.

Because of the fiasco of the Sichuan war, Sichuan Xuanfu, as the commander of the Sichuan side, made Zhao Yanna unable to escape the blame, and was dismissed on the spot and sent to Hengzhou, Hunan Road. He was succeeded as the Sichuan Xuanfu envoy by Li Zhi, an old minister who was nearly seventy years old, and the imperial court ordered Yang Hui, the young and powerful Hunan pacification envoy, to go to Sichuan and serve as the Sichuan envoy. As for Zheng Yunming, the capital of the right prefecture who led the army to Sichuan in advance, he was officially promoted to the commander of Lizhou, the counselor of the Sichuan Envoy for military affairs, and the governor of Jiading Mansion, as for the former Jiading prefect Zhang Yimu allowed him to return to his hometown.

At this time, it is a reward of the imperial court to be able to return to his hometown, Zheng Yunming knows that at this time, it is the imperial court that allows him to grasp the overall situation of the front-line military and politics, or the person sitting on the dragon chair, has developed a certain dependence on himself. The emperor and the central government are actually quite afraid of trouble, and there are tens of millions of reports to Lin'an every day, and there are tens of millions of instructions from the political hall. What the imperial court wants to see most is an obedient, steady, and well-rounded talent who can handle things well, he doesn't have to complain to the court about how difficult things are, how many local difficulties hinder the implementation of the imperial decrees, he only needs to do two things, report what is needed to the imperial court, and then deal with the results to the satisfaction of the imperial court.

Zheng Yunming is such a satisfying talent. The court gave him money and food, and he was able to raise an army with an almost miraculous degree, and the court appointed him with official positions, so that he could hold wherever he could. When he has a need, he never bends to hide it for his political achievements, but the achievements he reports are so dazzling and bright. Such talents, in which dynasty they are placed, are the treasures that the imperial court wants to obtain.

So that Emperor Duanping, no, over the years, in order to avoid the bad luck of the invasion of the Hu people in Duanping Nian, now the name of the year has been changed to Jiaxi, this Emperor Jiaxi in his former prime minister, when he mentioned Zheng Xianggong of Dongxiao Palace about his second son, he jokingly said: "I hate not to set up an ancestral hall for Zheng Yunming in the palace, and when there is trouble, I will send Dong Songchen to worship, which must be more effective than a few pillars of incense on Lingyin Temple." ”

The emperor just said a few jokes to the close ministers, but Zheng Qingzhi was bluffed and sweaty, if these words were spread, there would definitely be courtiers who spoke up and impeached the emperor for his contempt and disgrace, and the court and the central government would unanimously regard Zheng Yunming as a future political opponent and incur unwarranted jealousy. Fortunately, when the emperor told Zheng Qingzhi about these jokes, it was when only a few henchmen were present. But the emperor was obviously very proud of holding this useful chess piece in his hand, so much so that without thinking, he pushed the affairs of the Sichuan front on Zheng Yunming's head.

Zheng Yunming had to deal with it carefully, he had been proud of his career over the years, and the emperor made it clear that he wanted to cultivate him, a well-rooted eunuch, to fight against the increasingly large bureaucratic system of scholars, and the local chief was his father's old ministry, which can be said to have cared for him all the way to grow up. He is the same in Jinghu, and there are many people who overstep his responsibilities or contradict his boss, all of which are based on the face of the emperor and Zheng Qingzhi, and Zhao Kui is in the middle of the maintenance, otherwise why would the people in Jinghu obey his orders so much? Zheng Yunming is clear about this.

But this time when he went to Shu alone, the situation was very different. Except for the 10,000 and thousands of Jingxiang disciples led by him, he himself has never served in Sichuan, nor does he have any old troops and scholars to speak of, and he is an out-and-out guest. The officialdom in Shuzhong has always been complicated, and the interests of the local powerful and the interests of the middle- and lower-level officials are intertwined, and it is very dangerous for the officials to pay little attention to it, or to be conspired and played by the middle- and lower-level officials, or to provoke local people to revolt. In addition, there are many barbarians in Sichuan, there are Tubo tribes in the west, and there are Yi tribes in the south, which is the area in the east of Sichuan, and it is also a mixed residence of healthy bureaucrats, and the people are strong and strong, and there are many conflicts with the Han people and the government on weekdays, and the handling of local affairs is much more complicated than that from Xiangyang.

Speaking of which, on the boss's side, Zhao Yanna, the old enemy of his father Zheng Qingzhi, has completely lost his political future at this time, so there is nothing to worry about. However, the newly appointed Sichuan Xuanfu made Li Zhi mix in officialdom for many years, and never took sides lightly, neither a school of science with integrity, nor on the side of Shi Miyuan, his position has always been ambiguous, from a certain point of view, what Zheng Yunming is afraid of is not a person whose position has been clear, even if he is a-for-tat opponent, because the behavior pattern of these people is easy to grasp, and it is also very convenient to formulate a set of coping strategies. On the contrary, it is this kind of old fox in officialdom who can't capture a clear position, which is the most tricky.

In dealing with such a troublesome old bureaucrat, it is not enough to observe for one day, only after several years of contact, using various means to snoop, can we arrive at a generally acceptable judgment.

Similarly, the political situation and people's livelihood in Sichuan can only be grasped by taking root and carefully analyzing it. What Zheng Yunming hopes most is to meet the new Sichuan marshal as soon as possible, and only by meeting Li Zhi in person can he start a first-hand study of him.

In the same way, Li Xuanfu, who is nearly seventy years old, is also waiting for this new officialdom to come and visit.

At this time, Chongqing was busy inside and outside the prefecture, just like a large construction site. Of the more than 2 million refugees and migrants gathered in Chongqing and its neighboring prefectures and counties, a large part of them had to settle down the river in the sparsely populated prefectures and counties of Jinghu, while the rest had to start living again in eastern Sichuan as soon as they were given rations and tools from the government. The 500,000 stones, grains, and rice from Hubei and Hunan6 will continue to arrive in the hands of the refugees in a timely manner, and there will be calls from the DPRK to intercept all the transportation from Sichuan and use it for the resettlement of the refugees. However, the imperial court was slow to make up its mind, and instead issued a temporary edict permitting Sichuan officials to withhold the public and private property of all officials who fled Sichuan along the river and use it to help civilians.

On the other hand, Peng Daya, the prefect of Chongqing, immediately began to renovate the city of Chongqing, and Peng Daya did things vigorously and resolutely, and immediately opened up dozens of brick kilns in Chongqing and nearby prefectures and counties. When Zheng Yunming saw him, he jokingly said to him: "Now people outside tell me that Peng Zhifu spends money like water, and it won't be long before the imperial court will no longer allocate a penny to Sichuan." ”

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