Xu Ruyu's thin and handsome face is very similar to Xu Xing back then.

When Xu Xing suppressed bandits in Southern Fujian, Ma Jieting had followed left and right, but he was only a sentry in front of the Chinese army's tent, and his status in Xu Xing's mind was far inferior to that of Zheng Menghuai and others.

Xu Ruyu went south to Zhangzhou, went to Jian'an Fort, went to Zhangtai City, and went to Dongyang Fort, which shows that Xu Xing had a very high opinion of Zheng Menghuai, Huang Gongfu, and Zhou Zongchang during his lifetime.

Ma Jieting thought of it, and was faintly lost. Then I thought about it: Even Zongzheng Xunda did not regard Yongjiabao as the old man Xu Xing, which made Yongjiabao survive.

Except for a limited number of people, Xu Xing rarely mentioned the people and things in the East China Sea and Southern Fujian, and even after taking Xu Ruyu to travel around the world, he also avoided these two places. This made Xu Xing's indifferent mind to fame and fortune, and it also made Xu Ruyu miss many opportunities.

With no doubt in his heart, Ma Jieting took a step forward and said in a low voice: "Jieting has been looking forward to it for a long time, and it is Zheng Gong in the house." ”

Xu Ruyu walked into the fine house with the wings of the goose wings and the eaves of the blue brick windows, and saw Zheng Menghuai standing under the hall, his appearance was consistent with what Zhou Shizhong said, but the temples were gray and white.

Zhou Shizhong met Zheng Menghuai in Jian'anbao half a year ago, when his sideburns were as black as paint, and the tragic changes in Zhangtai made him worried.

Xu Ruyu and Zheng Menghuai looked at each other in a daze, silent for a long time.

Zheng Menghuai wanted to find the glory years with Xu Xing from his thin and delicate face.

Xu Ruyu was shocked by his grief-stricken and silent face, and didn't know how to comfort him.

When Xu Xing was in Southern Fujian to pacify the bandits, he attached great importance to Zheng Menghuai, which can be seen from teaching him the Great Yan Technique. Nanmin bandits, Xu Xing's resignation of the post of governor of Fengzhu Mansion should have been held by Zheng Menghuai, but at that time, Wang Zongzhengqi of Nanmin County was afraid that the Zheng family would sit big, so he only let him serve as the governor of Fengzhu Mansion Shanbeiyi, and the post of governor of Fengzhu Mansion was sent to him to take on it.

Zheng Menghuai didn't think that he could be compared with Xu Xing, and he didn't have any extravagant hopes for the position of the governor of Fengzhu Mansion. However, he did not expect that Xunda, who later ascended the throne, would adopt a policy of gradually abandoning Fengzhu Mansion, and the Zheng clan was in an embarrassment and had no choice but to move back to Zhangtai, and suffered the tragedy of almost extinction.

Ma Jie Pavilion sent the general outside the house to prevent others from approaching, closed the door, and turned around to give Xu Ruyu a gift to his subordinates. Xu Ruyu stretched out his hand to block him and asked, "Yesterday, you asked people to select 2,000 men from among the homeless people, what do you want?" ”

Ma Jieting knew that if the answer could not be satisfied with Xu Ruyu's intentions, Yongjiabao would be included in Xu Ruyu's forces, and he could only be at the bottom of the ranks, and he could not enter the center. Squinted at Zheng Menghuai, he couldn't see anything from his dry face, and said cautiously: "The grain stored in the hands of the displaced people can be maintained until mid-spring, and we will keep the displaced people until mid-spring to wait for adults, but Zhangzhou is full of Yan Xun's eyeliner, and Yongjiabao does not dare to send people to connect with the adults directly." ”

Zheng Menghuai had not yet gone to Quanzhou at this time, not only because Zongzheng Xunda was still in the military camp in Longyan, but also to solve the problem of the displaced people who went south from Wuling and Minzhongshan.

The displaced people are the basis for the re-emergence of Wuling and Zhangtai, and the people of Southern Fujian are scarce, when the new dynasty was first established, there were only 3 million Ding (at that time, there were only Putian, Quanzhou, and Zhangzhou 3 Prefectures and 13 Yi), and Zhangtai and Wuling had a total of 600,000 people. Later, the banditry, the population of Southern Fujian decreased sharply, the lowest time the three provinces were less than two million, after Xu Xing pacified the Ryukyu bandits, the political situation in Southern Fujian was stable for fifteen years, the population rebounded sharply, and a new Fengzhu mansion, but after Zongzheng Xunda ascended the throne, Zhangzhou and Fengzhu two mansions suffered heavy setbacks, Fengzhu Mansion only has Fengzhu Yiyi (Harada Lingyi), less than 100,000 people. Zhangtai and Wuling were the hardest hit areas of Puji bandits, and in the past seven or eight years, there were only 150,000 or 60,000 people left.

Zheng Menghuai and Ma Jieting stranded the displaced people north of Yongjiabao, this move was extremely risky, if it was not for his concern for the displaced people before going to Quanzhou, and looking for them along the way, he really had to drag it until Zhongchun to find other strategies, and it was difficult to ensure that there would be no chaos.

Cao San's heart oozed a chill, thinking: In their hearts, the lives of the homeless are still extremely cheap. Thinking of Xu Ruyu's thoughtful mind of reconciling the displaced people at the expense of the enemy, I was quite emotional, but Zheng Menghuai and Ma Jieting's behavior was also for Xu Ruyu's sake, which was beyond criticism.

Ma Jieting's words have been said quite thoroughly, Guan Jian naturally understands the key, but the Han Yi have been opposed for a long time, just as the Han people ignore the surname of the Yi people, and the Yi people are also quite indifferent to the surname of the Han people, Guan Jian is the most indifferent to the risks in Zheng Menghuai and Ma Jieting's policy, and said: "As long as the displaced people are still stranded in the north of Yongjiabao, Zongzheng Xunda's scorched earth strategy is not unsuccessful, as long as Zhangzhou City is taken, Zongzheng Xunda's gains outweigh the losses." ”

Xu Ruyu made it clear to Zheng Menghuai and Ma Jieting the identity of the chief of Guan Jianbaiyi, and no longer regarded them as outsiders.

Xu Ruyu was able to rise in Qingjiang, and the Baiyi clan made great contributions. Zi Yangqiu, the leader of Baiyi, was trapped in Quanzhou with Xu Boying, and now there is another leader of Baiyi following Xu Ruyu's side, which shows that Xu Ruyu's control of Baiyi is quite good. Ma Jieting didn't understand how Xu Ruyu did this, you must know that the Yi and Han have been opposed to each other in this land for hundreds of years.

Xu Ruyu turned a blind eye to the doubts in Ma Jieting's eyes and said, "Wuling Mountain and Qingfeng Gorge have always been under the control of the Baiyi people, and there is no danger to defend within two hundred miles north of Wuling Mountain. Zong Zheng Xunda saw this, so he decided to turn Wuling and Zhangtai into scorched earth, but this determination may not be too cruel. I had no intention of competing with him in Southern Fujian, but I only hoped to get rid of the Puji bandits and return the people of the three southeastern counties to a peaceful world. It's good to have a horse to help me. When he said the last sentence, his eyes had moved to Zheng Menghuai's face.

Zheng Menghuai's eyes narrowed, neither evading it, but also unable to ignore the sincere emotions in Xu Ruyu's eyes.

Xu Ruyu experienced the disasters of Bayang and Jiangjin, although he didn't know how to dissolve the hatred in his heart, but the grief in his heart would not be weaker than others.

Zheng Menghuai raised his face slightly, and said in a hoarse voice: "Why is it so difficult when things happen to me?" ”

Xu Ruyu didn't know what he meant, and glanced sideways at Ma Jieting.

Ma Jieting said: "Xu Gong suffered the disaster of Bayang, and I discussed with Menghuai to send someone to Qingzhou for revenge, but he stopped him. Menghuai did not forget Xu Gong's kindness, but understood Xu Gong's belief to dissuade me. However, I didn't understand at the time, thinking that Menghuai was afraid of the Qingzhou Yi tribe, and under the anger, he cut his robe with Menghuai, and Jian'an Fort and Yongjiabao did not interact with each other for several years, and because of this, Yongjiabao escaped this catastrophe. ”

Yongjiabao can be the whole body, which must be tortuous, I didn't expect it to be so, it seems that there is a providence in the dark. Xu Ruyu sighed slightly, and was about to speak, but he heard the sound of the wooden door "quack" and was pushed open from outside.

Xu Ruyu looked back, a young man of the same age as himself, was stepping over the threshold, his eyes were deep, his face was blue, and his haggard and disfigured face was a little similar to Zheng Menghuai, Xu Ruyu knew that he was Zheng Ke. Look at the emptiness under his feet, and the serious wounds he has not yet healed.

Xu Ruyu reached out to help him and let him go.

Xu Ru turned his head indifferently, looked at Zheng Menghuai, and said very firmly: "Is the disaster of Zhangtai the enemy of the Zheng family, or the enemy of Jian'anbao, or the enemy of Zhangtai?" ”

Zheng Menghuai didn't answer, Zheng Ke's voice was hoarse, but he said sharply: "What's the difference?" ”

Xu Ruyu said: "The world is turbid, and there is no yardstick to restrain the world, let alone between families? The matter of revenge is just a knife and a halberd, which makes the world more turbid. The people of my generation wish that the world will be bright, that justice will be restored, and that the common enmity of the world will be ended. ”

Zheng Ke didn't understand what he meant for a while, and looked up at his father. Zheng Menghuai sighed and said to himself: "The heroes rise together, compete in the world, and enmity against each other. The ant people in the world are either enslaved or slaughtered, the living have no return, their relatives remain, and the heroes make it so, and the world regards them as enemies. Xu Gong doesn't want to be caught in the family's victory, that is, he doesn't want to become the common enemy of the world, since Ru Yu wants to end the common enemy of the world, he is one step further than Xu Gong back then......"

"Father's ......"

"Zongzheng Xunda will eventually pay the price for what he did, we don't need to rush for a while."

Cao San said: "It seems that adults don't have to go to Quanzhou. ”

Zheng Menghuai asked, "Oh", and asked, "Do you want to go to Quanzhou?" Turning to understand why Xu Ruyu wanted to go to Quanzhou, tears rippled in his eyes, and he said excitedly: "I can't bear Ruyu's risky nature?" ”

Xu Xing's belief that he was not blinded by hatred finally allowed Yongjiabao to be preserved. In order to avoid the suspicion of Zongzheng Xunda, Guan Jian stayed in Yongjiabao with Cao San as a wanderer, while Zheng Menghuai and his son returned to Zhangtai with Xu Ruyu.

Standing in front of the dilapidated Jian'an Fort, Zheng Menghuai's eyes were about to split, but his bloodshot eyes could not drip a tear.

On the hill behind Jian'an Fort, countless new graves have been added. But Xu Ruyu knew that a total of 3,631 corpses were buried, including women and children, the old and weak, and babies who were less than a month old. And the new tomb added next to the perimeter of Zhangtai City is ten times the size here.

Zheng Menghuai pointed to the dilapidated Jian'an Fort and said word by word: "Zhangtai Yiyi can be divided into four counties, Jian'an, Dongyang, Zhangtai, Gantang, Ruyu, let me come to Jian'an to build a city." ”

Xu Ru didn't expect him to be so brave, and sighed: "Wuling and Zhangtai can set up seven counties, but if you want to do it slowly, I want Zheng Gong to preside over the overall situation of Zhangzhou, and the matter of building a city is naturally within the jurisdiction of Zheng Gong." ”

In Xu Xing's "Policy on Placing Counties", the level of the county is comparable to that of Yi, but the scale is much smaller, and the population under its jurisdiction is suitable for 60,000 to 100,000, and no matter how small it is, it will be redundant. However, since the beginning of the new dynasty, the family has been divided and conquered, and the population has dropped sharply, and some towns have less than 100,000 people.

In addition to the 300,000 Baiyi in Wuling Mountain, the population of Wuyi in Qingjiang Mansion is only 500,000, while the population of Zhangtai and Wuling is less than 10,000.

In Xu Xing's "County Policy", there are five counties in Wuling and Zhangtai, a county is set up at the exit of Qingfeng Gorge, and the key pass into Wuling Mountain is controlled, and Jian'an Fort is located in the middle of Dazhang Creek, which controls the eastern foot of Fujian Zhongshan, and a county can also be set up at the western foot of Fujian Zhongshan, and Jian'anbao jointly controls the Dazhang Valley channel. Plus the original Wuling City, Zhangtai City, a total of five.

However, Xu Ruyu is ready to reopen the main road in the Wuling Mountain northwest of Dongyang Fort, so Dongyang Fort can also set up a county, and Gantang Bay is very important to the situation in Southern Fujian, Xu Ruyu has sent a large number of people to go there, and a county can also be set up there.

Zheng Menghuai was a little surprised when he saw that Xu Ruyu asked him to preside over the overall situation of Zhangzhou, but he didn't push back, thought for a moment, and said: "Xiao Ke should not stay in Zhangtai now, I want him to go to Qingjiang or Yongyang, Ruyu may arrange it?" ”

Zheng Menghuai's use of troops was taught by Xu Xing, and the disaster of Zhangtai was not his use of troops, but the collusion between Gongliang Youqin and Zongzheng Xunda was too great to resist, and Xu Ruyu delayed the opportunity to enter Zhangtai.

Zheng Ke is naturally also very proficient in the way of using soldiers, and sending him to Zhongdao as a battalion captain to join the army can also sharpen his will.

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