Shi Kefa really regrets it now, he wanted to leave these tens of thousands of people before, because he felt that Wen Zhenmeng was the first assistant of the cabinet, and the court would inevitably support him to appease the people, but the result was that he was only able to go on this side, and he came back in an expedited manner for 800 miles, and there was even a letter written by Wen Zhenmeng himself.

Whether it is the eight-hundred-mile expedited or Wen Zhenmeng's letter, it is one thing, and the court can't come up with the money.

Wen Zhen Meng Chu was the first assistant, and he was preparing to do a big job to get rid of evil spirits, so he didn't have too much energy to raise money. The imperial court could only symbolically allocate 5,000 taels to Shi Kefa, and then the rest of the money and grain were prepared by the six departments of Nanjing.

This almost gave Shi Kefa a head-on blow, and once again proved Zhang Chi's previous advice not to easily breach the contract.

"In short, how to resettle, now the six departments of Nanjing are fighting for each other, and most of them feel that sending outcasts to the border is more cost-effective and trouble-free than resettlement."

"Why did you ......" Zhang Chi was stunned, it is more cost-effective to move thousands of miles than to resettle on the spot, how can there be such a reason?

However, he soon understood that for the six departments of Nan'jing, it is true that the relocation saves money and trouble compared to the local resettlement, and among the migrants, the pick-up and final resettlement along the way are all local affairs, and the six departments of Nan'jing only need to pay a subsidy for the surname of the land, and all this will be solved, wouldn't it save money and trouble!

As for whether the migration of thousands of miles will cause problems to the local area, and whether the people will die of sickness and starvation from fatigue...... These things are not something that these officials in Beijing have to consider.

"This is the end of it...... Alas, I really don't know what to do. Shi Kefa said tiredly.

At first, the alliance formed because he learned that Yu Guozhen wanted these manpower has been divided.

"Or go looking for Yu Guozhen again?" Zhang Chi cautiously suggested.

"Do I still want to be doughy?" Shi Kefa was a little dissatisfied: "Xiuzhi, you should make some meaningful suggestions!" ”

Zhang Chi could only smile bitterly, meaningful advice, will you follow it? For example, if you go to find Yu Guozhen again, it is a very meaningful suggestion, for example, if you want Shi Kefa not to turn his face with Yu Guozhen before, it is also a very meaningful suggestion!

Zhang Chi really doesn't think it's a shame to go to Yu Guozhen again, and the previous treachery is really shameless. Isn't this situation caused by not having a face, and then twisting it back by not having a face, what a shame!

He felt a little emotion in his heart, if this situation was faced by Yu Guozhen, how would he deal with it.

Yu Guozhen didn't have time to pay attention to such things at all, he was now busy with more important things. Others also came to Nanjing, firstly, to thank Fang Ziyi, and secondly, to meet some people secretly.

He returned to Nanjing secretly, except for the Fang family, few people knew his whereabouts, even Shi Kefa, who had been paying attention to him, only knew that he went deep into Jian. For the time being, just like Zhang Xianzhong retreated into the Yinghuo Mountains, Yu Guozhen also hibernated.

Time passed, and the money and food in Shi Kefa's hands became less and less, but on the issue of how to settle those thieves, the six departments of Nanjing still did not have a conclusion. Just when Shi Kefa was at a loss, a new news made him furious.

It is said that the first person to make this suggestion was a director of the Nan'jing Household Department, who believed that the people who attached the thieves were already attached to the thieves and had caused trouble, which was a violation of the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and they were criminals.

"There is a precedent for dealing with the criminals, and Taizu degraded Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, and Fang Guozhen as degenerate beggars, which can be lawful." The chief said: "The value of degrading the people to official slaves, which are bought and sold by the government, can appease the good people, and do not require the court to spend more money. ”

In a word, it is to sell these thieves as slaves!

Originally, Shi Kefa wanted to reorganize these thieves into the household register, so as to increase the population and taxes under his rule, and if he was sold as official slaves, his plan would really be completely bankrupt.

In a fit of rage, he came to see Zhang Guowei, the governor of the Ten Prefectures, hoping to find support from his old boss.

"Daolin, I'm afraid that this time, if you don't agree, you have to agree." Zhang Guowei's reaction surprised him.

"What?"

"I also know about this, do you know who instructed the master to make this suggestion?"

"Who is it?"

"Xiong Wencan." Zhang Guowei glanced at Shi Kefa and took the name.

Xiong Wencan...... Why is he, he is the governor of Fu'jian, how to manage my Nanzhili! ”

"You should know about Xiong Wencan's care of Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhilong wrote to the imperial court in the fourth year of Chongzhen, saying that Dayuan Island is a vast area, rich in products, and not far from the land, asking the imperial court to move the victims here, and they can be self-sufficient in one year. Although it was not adopted by the imperial court at that time, there were people who supported it. Now these people who are attached to the thieves, the six departments of Nan'jing are unwilling to settle on the spot, do you think they just have no money? The root cause of this is still the fear of its rebellion, and if these tens of thousands of sinners rebel, can you put it down? ”

As soon as this question came out, Shi Kefa suddenly blushed.

He didn't think about this problem, but he was very confident that as long as Yu Guozhen did nothing and had another life, then these criminals would not dare to rebel again. In other words, his confidence is still based on Yu Guozhen, but now Yu Guozhen has left Wu'wei, and made it clear that he will no longer support him, and his confidence is no longer enough!

"Nan Zhili, I can't stand such a storm anymore. Moreover, lead the whole body, Dao Lin, the previous thing that was broken by the thief, Wu Zhenying's dereliction of duty, to Wen Tiren's dismissal, if the people are in chaos this time, you will be convicted by the Son of Heaven, Wen Xiangnan is only afraid that he will also be dismissed because of this! ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Guowei glanced at Shi Kefa deeply, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed in his heart.

It was Zhang Guowei who persuaded Shi Kefa to keep these people, but Zhang Guowei didn't expect that it was just a small thing in his eyes, but if it really held on, it became a major event that could bury the entire Donglin foundation.

If Shi Kefa has a way to solve it and handle this matter beautifully, then of course, it will be of great help to Donglin Yimai, and Wen Zhenmeng can also sit more firmly in the position of first assistant. It's just that Shi Kefa has no other way than to cry for silver from the court - if the court has enough silver, it will directly buy the rogues and not rebel, so why use you Shi Kefa!

Silver is silver, what the court lacks is silver!

"But forcing the good is cheap...... Shi Kefa was still a little hesitant: "If Mr. Dongyang can allocate more silver taels and his subordinates, maybe it will be ......"

"Alas, Daolin, why don't you understand, this is an extremely thankless task. How many of the tens of thousands of taels of silver I can squeeze out with you, and then be handled by those officials, and fall into the hands of the people? Zhang Guowei smiled bitterly and said: "Besides, the first thing you have to appease is the people who have been displaced by thieves, they are the real good people, and these thieves are sinners!" ”

Shi Kefa sighed in vain: "I knew this was the case, and I agreed to Yu Guozhen...... at the beginning"

"Wrong, Dao Neighbor, you are wrong again. Although I have never met this Yu Jimin, but from you and Zhang Tianru, I also know that this person is extraordinary, and if he can't be used by me, he can't be allowed to sit big. Zhang Guowei shook his head: "On the contrary, Zheng Zhilong, Haikou, Dayuan Island, extraterritorial, and tens of thousands of guilty people can exchange for some silver taels, and then use these silver taels to settle the real good, which is also a lot of money." ”

"In other words, Zheng Zhilong is willing to pay money to buy these people?"

"Yes."

"But if these sinners fall into the hands of Zheng Zhilong and relapse into chaos, what can they do?" Shi Kefa asked puzzled.

Then he saw Zhang Guowei's faint smile, Shi Kefa's heart sank, and he suddenly understood what Zhang Guowei meant.

Zheng Zhilong was born in Haikou, not to mention Xiong Wencan, who appeased Zheng Zhilong, has never been in the Donglin lineage. The criminals had a problem in the hands of Zheng Zhilong, what did it have to do with them Donglin, and it would become their Donglin's capital at that time: we said that we would be resettled on the spot, but you would be sent overseas!

The disaster of the Ming season, forming a party for personal gain, must definitely be in the forefront, Donglin, who has always prided himself on a clear stream, has committed evils in this regard, which is by no means inferior to the eunuch party, and even surpasses it.

"Xiong Wencan is so bold, what good is he doing?" Shi Kefa couldn't help but ask.

"Xiong Wencan is greedy, but he just accepts bribes." Zhang Guowei said with some disdain.

They look down on Xiong Wencan, just because Xiong Wencan is not in the same party as him. But since it was agreed, Shi Kefa also opened his mind and asked Zhang Guowei: "How much money is Zheng Zhilong willing to pay to buy these criminals?" ”

"Zheng Zhilong sent a younger brother, named Zheng Zhifeng, to Nan' Beijing, he has a saying, for every person he gets, the strong man is three taels of silver, the healthy woman is two taels, and the old and weak are one tael."

"What a cheap price!" Shi Kefa couldn't help but say, he calculated in his heart, now under his rule, the total number of people who can be identified as criminals is about more than 70,000, scattered in one place, 80,000 are some, of which young and strong men should account for half, he is afraid that these nearly 40,000 people will fall into the hands of Yu Guozhen, but if they fall overseas, it doesn't matter much.

In terms of 40,000 young and strong, 20,000 healthy women, and 20,000 old and weak, a total of 180,000 taels of silver can be obtained.

Thinking of this, Shi Kefa could only sigh, he was not a person with a firm position in the first place, so he nodded and said: "Even if this is the case, then it is only ...... but these sinners were sold into slavery. ”

"Daolin, don't be depressed, now that Wen Xiangnan is the first assistant of the cabinet, you have done a good job in this matter, which shows Donglin's talent. Although Wen Tiren is the prime minister, His Majesty only let him live in Beijing, if this matter is successful, Wen Tiren can be driven out of Beijing, and then expel his party, and only righteous people will be left in the DPRK. Seeing that Shi Kefa was still a little depressed and depressed, Zhang Guowei didn't know that he had offended Yu Guozhen because of nothing, but he felt guilty for those "sinners", so he comforted: "For the sake of the righteousness of the court, someone has to sacrifice, and the neighbors will be reluctant!" ”

(To be continued)