In fact, deep in Zhu Xieyuan's heart, he has always been very worried about what kind of consequences will be brought if he accidentally forces Xu Xingxia to reverse. The existing information is enough to show that this Xu Xingxia is definitely not the kind of guy who only promises, if you dare to go against him, he will definitely take risks. If you look at the relationship between him and the two high-level leaders in Ningxia Town, you will know what kind of person he is. Such a guy is definitely a dangerous person.

To be honest, Zhu Xieyuan didn't want such a dangerous person to exist under his jurisdiction. He would rather not have the military exploits created by Xu Xingxia, than be unable to control his subordinates. While Xu Xingxia brought military exploits, he also brought huge hidden dangers. This hidden danger may even be fatal. Every time the Tartar cavalry went south to loot, the damage caused to Ningxia Town was just external injuries, and it would not hurt the muscles and bones of the Ming Dynasty. However, if Xu Xingxia is about to make trouble, it will hurt the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

There is a fundamental difference between an external enemy and an internal enemy. The current Ming Dynasty, although weak, although dying, although listless, and weak, but with the strength of the Tartar cavalry, it is absolutely impossible to overthrow the Ming Dynasty. They simply don't have that kind of power. The strife and contradictions among the Tatars are also continuous. In the past forty-four years of Wanli, serious conflicts broke out between the three major tribes of the Tatars, and it is said that thousands of people died.

The only thing that can overthrow the Ming Dynasty can only be the internal enemy, which is Zhu Xieyuan's basic conclusion. The civil officials of the Ming Dynasty, who can mix with the high-level, which one is not an extremely shrewd figure? Zhu Xieyuan is one of the best. What is the current situation in Ningxia Town, how can they not know? It's just that most of the time I'm playing dumb. However, the appearance of Xu Xingxia made it impossible for them to continue to pretend to be stupid. If they continue to pretend to be stupid, unexpected events will erupt and create a situation that cannot be managed.

Zhu Xieyuan made a simple count, and the money and grain owed by the imperial court to the military households in Ningxia Town were more than 600,000 taels of silver and more than 1.3 million stone of grain. Such a figure, looking at the top of the imperial court, does not seem to be a big deal. How much is 600,000 taels of silver? It's less than half of the first auxiliary leaf's family property! However, if you look at the low-level military households in Ningxia Town, you will find that the matter is very serious.

The current town of Ningxia is simply a volcanic crater, which will erupt at any time. If the crater is a little exaggerated, then with a dry? Firewood? Violent? Fire is definitely not an exaggeration. In the entire town of Ningxia, at least 50,000 military households were in arrears of money and food. Together with their families, more than 300,000 people have been affected. These highly delinquent military households, as well as their families, are piles of dry firewood, and as long as someone ignites a spark, they will burn with it.

This is only the situation in Ningxia Town, not including the nearby Guyuan Town, Yansui Town, and Gansu Town! The situation in these three military towns is even worse than that of Ningxia Town. The situation of arrears of money and grain in these three military towns is much more serious than that of Ningxia Town. Some military households have even been owed more than 20 years of money and food. Twenty years! Not two years, twenty months! A military household that has been owed money and food for 20 years, will there be anything to fear? Will you still be afraid of military law?

If chaos breaks out here in Ningxia Town, it will inevitably spread to other military towns. This is something that is not at all questioned. Once riots break out in the four military towns in the northwest, the whole of Shaanxi will be eroded. Once Shaanxi erodes, nearby Shanxi, Henan, Huguang, and Sichuan will all be affected. At that time, the foundation of the Ming Dynasty will be completely shaken. Even if the imperial court has the ability to extinguish the riot, it will definitely be a great loss of vitality, and it will inevitably perish. If there are still foreign enemies eyeing them, the time to perish will be even shorter.

If the sixty or seventy thousand military households under Xu Xingxia were forced to rebel, Zhu Xieyuan couldn't imagine the consequences. With Li Guozhen's stupid ability, if he really fights, he doesn't need to divide five by two, Xu Xingxia can clean him up. Once Li Guozhen is cleaned up, Xu Xingxia will be able to control the entire Ningxia Town. When the time comes, someone from the other three military towns will inevitably respond. Even, there is no need to destroy Li Guozhen, as long as Xu Xingxia really rises up, someone will respond. In those three military towns, there were already many poor military households who couldn't wait.

Once Xu Xingxia really rebelled, would the imperial court be able to quickly defeat him? I'm afraid it's hard, it's hard. This time, Xu Xingxia wiped out more than 4,000 Tatar cavalry with a white-clothed army of less than 2,000 people, what kind of concept is this? This concept is that if Xu Xingxia rebels and the official army wants to strike, at least 50,000 elite combat troops must be mobilized to have any hope of striking him down. If it is less than this number, it is simply a fat delivery to Xu Xingxia.

Moreover, these 50,000 troops must be real, not empty. In addition, it must also be a well-trained unit with relatively good weapons and equipment, and it is not possible to arbitrarily pull out the military households of the guards to make up the numbers. In other words, more than 50,000 soldiers must be dispatched. What's worse is that all the soldiers in the four towns in the northwest combined, there are less than 50,000 people. Most of the soldiers of the Ming army are in Liaodong, Jizhen, Xuanfu, and Datongdi!

What's even worse is that this idea is based on Xu Xingxia's white-clothed army, which has less than 2,000 people, and if this number doubles, or even quadruples or triples, then the number of officers and troops dispatched will have to be doubled continuously...... As long as he thought of this, Zhu Xieyuan felt that his head was extremely big. It was quite easy for the white-clothed army to expand to 10,000 men several times. But the officers and soldiers are in trouble. Where to find so many officers and soldiers? Unless it falls from the sky, it's simply not possible!

Since he was worried about forcing Xu Xingxia to rebel, he had to take other ways. This method is to win over. To be precise, it is to find a way to elevate Xu Xingxia. Isn't Xu Xingxia currently on behalf of thousands of households? Find a way to promote him to the rank of commander of the guard, or the commander of the guard, or the commander of the guard, and prevent him from directly managing the army. However, these are all wishful thinking on his Zhu Xieyuan, and it is up to Xu Xingxia to say whether he can agree. In case it doesn't work well, so that Xu Xingxia realizes that the above is trying to empty him, he must also rebel if he doesn't fight back.

There is no way out, there is only one last way, that is, to ambush the knife and axe man, find a way to capture Xu Xingxia directly, and directly kill him according to the previous charge of killing his head. This is called cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, and it is a hundred. However, Zhu Xieyuan is not very confident in this method. Xu Xingxia's archery skills are too perverted, and idlers can't get close at all, if he doesn't do well, let him escape, Ningxia Town will definitely be finished.

To use a common saying, the north of Ningxia Town is really a tofu falling into the ashes - you can't beat it, you can't shoot it! To be honest, Zhu Xieyuan is also an official who has seen the world, and when he was young, he also experienced a lot of ups and downs and saw many characters. He fought against the local tyrants and gentry, the tax envoys sent by the Wanli Emperor, and the thieves who tried to start a rebellion. However, in the face of Xu Xingxia, he really felt a little helpless. After pondering for a long time, Zhu Xieyuan said slowly: "Come on, prepare a sedan chair, I want to go to Ningxia Town!" ”

The entourage outside the door came in and served Zhu Xieyuan to change clothes. There is also an entourage ready for a soft sedan car. All the guards were also there. There were also fast horses to the front station to inform the officials at all levels in Ningxia Town. After a while, Zhu Xieyuan was dressed neatly and was about to go out, when suddenly, someone from outside came in, and a little nervous report said: "According to the envoy, the governor is here." ”

Zhu Xieyuan was slightly surprised. On the ground in Shaanxi, there is only one governor, and that is the trilateral governor Huang Kezhang. Although the distance between the yamen of the three governors and the yamen of the envoy was very close, less than 100 zhang, Huang Kezhang had never taken the initiative to come to the yamen of the envoy of the inspectorate. Today, I don't know what kind of wind actually blew him?

"Open the middle door, gather all the officials above the seventh grade, and accompany the official to go out to greet him in person!" Zhu Xieyuan hurriedly commanded. Huang Kezhang is a top-level official of the second grade, and his envoy is only the third grade, and the difference between the two grades is still very different. Huang Kezhang's personal arrival made him feel a little scared. After a moment, he tried to stabilize his mind, and took all the officials of the Yamen with him to greet him outside the gate in person.

Sure enough, outside the gate, it was the trilateral governor Huang Kezhang who arrived. The trilateral governor was a light chariot and a simple servant, with only a few dozen guards around him, and a few retinues in civilian clothes. Other than that, there was no one else. However, the more light and simple Huang Kezhang is, the more approachable he is, the more Zhu Xieyuan feels that today's events are a bit extraordinary. Actually, this is nonsense, if there is nothing important, what is Huang Kezhang going to your yamen to do? Someone else is an old man in his seventies! It's not easy to move once!

Zhu Xieyuan came to Huang Kezhang's soft sedan chair, lifted the curtain, and said respectfully: "The governor is here, and I have missed the welcome, please forgive me!" Please forgive your sins! ”

In the soft sedan car, Huang Kezhang nodded lightly, which was a response. The Trilateral Governor is sixty-seven years old this year, but he is in good spirits. Originally, his hair had turned all white, but he didn't know what to use and dyed it black again. If you don't pay attention to it, you won't be able to see that he is already a seventy-six-year-old man.

After Huang Kezhang got off the sedan chair, he slowly walked into the yamen of the envoy. Zhu Xieyuan followed behind Huang Kezhang with a little doubt, and his mind kept turning, speculating on the reason why Huang Kezhang appeared here. As the saying goes, if you don't have anything to do, you will go to the Three Treasures Palace, and if the Governor of the Three Sides visits in person, there must be something important. I just don't know, what can make Huang Kezhang come in person? Could it be that something big happened in a military town, or in the capital?

(To be continued)