The two stood in the dark for a long time, neither of them speaking.

After a long while, Qu Qingze finally spoke.

"What are you going to do?"

"Hehe, thinking of using these pediatric methods to make me submit and go along with the dirt, they think wrong, they are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust."

"My lord, it's not okay to do it openly, I've also thought about it, the one in Jiangning County, moving directly to Henan Mansion, there must be difficulties, if all the gentry and rich households in Henan Mansion rise up to resist, the court will definitely blame."

"I know this, needless to say, the gentry and wealthy households in Henan Province may have united, behind them, there are big people standing, there is no fear at all, the government is nothing in their eyes, what they are really afraid of is still Jiangning Ying, so they have to make up their minds to deal with Jiangning Ying."

When he said these words, Su Tiancheng's face showed a wry smile.

"I still underestimate the strength of the opponent, this is too smooth in Jiangning County, I thought that when I came to Henan Mansion, there would not be much of a problem, but in fact, it is not like this, Lao Qu, do you know the Dao, this time, the problem we encountered may be very complicated, and our situation is very sinister."

"Why do you say that?"

"The gentry and rich households in Henan Mansion, what is it, can they be compared with Jiangning County, far from catching up, Jiangning County is a rich land, with too many favorable conditions, but we came to Henan Mansion, just here, we encountered many problems, can it be said that the gentry and rich households in Henan Mansion are so powerful, obviously impossible, behind them, there is more than a force. If my prediction is correct, there are people in the court who support us, we are in Jiangning County, and we have shaken the interests of the gentry and wealthy families, and with the support of Lord Fan and Gonggong Qin, they will be helpless for a while. But when I arrived in Henan Mansion, the situation changed. ”

Qu Qingze's body trembled slightly, he had already thought of something.

"My lord, it shouldn't be so serious."

"We must have such preparations, the truth of cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, everyone understands, once the interests of a certain group are involved, will people hesitate to start, Jiang Ningying has come to Henan Mansion. Isn't it the best opportunity, although it is said that the Jiangning battalion is brave and good at fighting, but in the face of the difficult situation at home and abroad, it is not familiar with anything, it is difficult to play a real role, and if you don't pay attention to it, you may suffer heavy losses, at that time. I guess someone will stand up, all the problems. Also came out. ”

Qu Qingze nodded, he has been in Jinyiwei for a long time, and he also knows some things, officialdom, for the sake of interests. Anything that can't be done can happen.

"My lord, this is indeed a problem, but I can't see a good way to do it at present, if you copy the practice of Jiangning County. I'm afraid it will cause even more trouble, after all, the hooligans here have been harassed many times, and the situation is different, besides, many gentry and wealthy families have moved away, and the conditions are too poor. ”

"Lao Qu, you might as well say clearly, King Fu is the biggest problem, in my opinion, the gentry and rich families here are all centered on King Fu, including the government, Tan Changluo once reminded me that I want to visit King Fu, I felt very strange at that time, it is said that the vassal king is not able to contact with local officials, is Henan Mansion an exception, now it seems that Henan Mansion is really an exception."

Qu Qingze had already thought of King Fu's question.

Fu King Zhu Changxun, is indeed very different from other vassal kings, he is the son of Zhu Xujun of Mingshenzong, and Zhu Changluo of Mingguangzong is a brother, Zhu Youxiao of Mingxizong and Zhu Youzhen, the emperor of Chongzhen, are the sons of Zhu Changluo, that is to say, Zhu Changxun is Zhu Youzhen's uncle and elder of his relatives.

This different layer of relationship is not possessed by many vassal kings, with this layer of relationship, there are also Rui Wang Zhu Changhao and Hui Wang Zhu Changrun, these two are also the sons of Mingshenzong Zhu Xujun and Zhu Youzhen's uncle.

With such a relationship, Zhu Youzhen naturally needs to be taken care of.

Su Tiancheng came to Henan Mansion, and the best way to do it was to have a good relationship with Zhu Changxun, try to use Zhu Changxun's influence, and show his hands and feet in Henan Mansion. I have to say that this is a sign of extreme bad luck.

can think of exerting his hands and feet in Henan Mansion, and he can't avoid the blessed king Zhu Changxun.

Presumably Su Tiancheng also thought of this relationship, and it was too difficult to open a breakthrough from the middle.

"Lao Qu, the difficulties are in front of you, between you and me, it's still the old way, tell me your opinion, don't hide it, just say it directly."

Qu Qingze was silent for a moment.

"My lord, I really haven't thought of a good way, King Fu's identity is special, if you think about what actions you have in Henan Mansion, I'm afraid you can't avoid it, if King Fu is a member of his mind to make a hindrance from it, it's really not easy to do."

In Su Tiancheng's impression, the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty had no political status, for example, Zhu Xianxuan, the king of Jin, was his brother-in-law, and he also stayed in Taiyuan honestly, and he couldn't go anywhere without a holy decree.

"Lao Qu, what do you mean, can King Fu interfere in local government affairs?"

Qu Qingze nodded and didn't say much.

Qu Qingze won't lie, since he nodded, this matter is true, it seems that the court is not necessarily very rigid to the vassal king, it is also flexible, everything is related to blood relations, between close relatives, as long as it does not threaten the imperial power, the emperor will not do too much, this is human nature.

Think about it, Zhu Changxun's son Zhu Youxiang once served as the emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

The sky was very dark, and gusts of cold wind were blowing, Su Tiancheng and Qu Qingze were standing in the cold wind, not far away, Wang Dazhi was waiting faithfully.

Su Tiancheng was rarely so silent, and Qu Qingze felt that Su Tiancheng seemed to have made some major decisions.

Sure enough, in the cold wind, Su Tiancheng spoke again.

"Lao Qu, there is one thing, I think it is most appropriate for you to do it, but this matter is very important, it must rot in the stomach, and it cannot be mentioned to anyone."

"If you have an idea, even if you say it, I will do my best to do it."

"Isn't there often gangsters harassing in the area of Henan Province, I thought, just make a fuss about this, and make a decent article to achieve our goal."

Qu Qingze's body trembled again and didn't say anything.

"Why, I haven't said it yet, but you're scared and don't dare to agree."

"My lord commands me, I have nothing to fear."

"Hehe, it's normal to be afraid, and I will feel scared when I do this, but people have already taken action, and I don't want to think of a good way to deal with it, are we waiting to be slaughtered, I said it, as long as the goal can be achieved, don't care about the means."

Qu Qingze calmed down a lot, he probably estimated what Su Tiancheng was going to do.

"Lao Qu, the day after tomorrow we will go back to Luoyang, after you return to the Jiangning camp, select a hundred scouts, these people, must be absolutely reliable, these hundred people, just pretend to be rogues, and go to greet the gentry and rich households in Henan Province, you must remember that you must not harass the people, loot the food and money, and properly relieve the people, it is the time when the green and yellow are not accepted, and let these gentry and rich households make contributions."

Qu Qingze nodded silently, he had already thought of this layer.

"It is necessary to make a big noise, so that the officials, gentry and wealthy households in Henan Mansion are uneasy, including King Fu, and they must also feel nervous, I estimate that after returning to Luoyang, the holy decree of the imperial court must have arrived, and the Jiangning camp will enter Shanxi to suppress bandits, hmph, they calculated and transferred around, I'm afraid it's not that simple."

"My lord, I understand, I'll do this matter."

"Well, you can't expose it, you have to remember the characteristics of the rogues, it's erratic."

The twenty-third day of the first month.

After noon, Su Jun and Liu Jingting came to the official post.

The situation investigated by the two is similar to Su Tiancheng's prediction, Lingbao County and Ruxiang County have collected taxes in the name of Jiangningying, and the means are very vicious, and there is also such a situation in Lushi County, but the means are milder, and the people of the three counties have a very bad impression of Jiangningying, but they are pressed by the officials and dare not complain.

The prices of goods in several places are surprisingly high, the common people cannot afford to buy food and salt at all, and they are struggling on the death line; in some villages and towns, a large number of people have fled, and a very small number of people have become homeless, and even directly put forward the slogan, that is, to find the homeless gangsters, to rebel, and to eat.

Hearing the report of the two, combined with the information sent by the dark line, Su Tiancheng affirmed his judgment.

There are court officials who meddle in the affairs of Henan Mansion, and Zhu Changxun, the king of Fu, must be involved, and his identity is not ordinary.

Combined with the various circumstances that have arisen, the plan formulated by Su Tiancheng is feasible.

Jiang Ningying received the order of the imperial court and set off to Shanxi to suppress the bandits, in the process, the rogue unexpectedly harassed the Henan Mansion, and the common people who could not survive supported the rogue and even joined the team of the rogue bandits, resulting in the lack of peace in the Henan Mansion.

In such a situation, Su Tiancheng can take Jiang Ningying and return to Henan Mansion as a matter of course, and then, in order to suppress the harassment of the rogue, he can introduce many policies to strengthen the control of the gentry and wealthy households, and take the opportunity to support Song Sijun, Wan Chenggui and other businessmen to take the position, in this process, Zhu Changxun is speechless.

At most, for half a year, Su Tiancheng believes that he can completely control and stabilize Henan Mansion.

What's more, there is one of the biggest advantages, Su Tiancheng can directly suggest to the imperial court to appoint and dismiss many officials in Henan Mansion, take this opportunity to change a group of officials he trusts, manage Henan Mansion well, stabilize Henan Mansion, and the rest of the matter will be much easier.

There are still regrettable things, the Liukou was originally at the weakest time, and he was able to fight with all his might, and he would go to a major victory, but unfortunately because of the internal struggle, the Jiangning Battalion could not go all out to exterminate the Liukou, and he must first stabilize his own territory. (To be continued......)