Chengdu! Governor's Yamen.

After receiving the news that Zhang Ling was captured by the thief army, the main force of the thief army entered Jianmen Pass, and was stationed in Mianyang, Chengdu fell into a sluggish atmosphere, and all the civil and military generals had a calm face. At this time, the civil officials finally knew that they had a bad idea, if Zhang Ling guarded the Jianmen Pass well, he would never let the main force of the thief army enter the Chengdu Plain, and Zhang Ling would not be ambushed by the thief army on the way back.

The civilian officials did not understand military affairs, but they relied on the indiscriminate deployment of the power to control the military with civilian affairs, and finally brought out a big problem.

The military attaches in the hall all had indignation on their faces, and a few even quarreled with the civilian officials next to them. Those civil officials knew in their hearts that it was their fault, but they could never admit it, but they confidently said that Zhang Ling's level of fighting was too poor, so he was captured by the thief army, and the hall was chaotic and noisy.

Qin Liangyu sat in the noisy crowd, his face was calm, and he didn't say a word. Of course, she knew from her experience that it was better to save a little energy to fight with the thieves than to quarrel with these inexplicable civilian officials. The most unconvincing thing in the world is the civil servants, because even if they are wrong, they will not admit their mistakes...... On this basis, there is no hope.

Qin Liangyu just whispered to Shao Jiechun next to him and asked, "Lord Governor, how are the rest of the reinforcements we have gathered now?" ”

Shao Jiechun sighed, he also knew that it was wrong to transfer back Zhang Ling, but he was also a master who refused to admit his mistake, Qin Liangyu did not condemn him, so it was natural that he would not mention Zhang Ling's matter, and replied: "The barbarian soldiers of Xitong have come. And Miao Bing also arrived...... There were 5,000 men in these two groups combined, and I temporarily arranged them in the yellow mud pool. ”

"Yellow mud puddle?" Qin Liangyu was taken aback and said hurriedly: "How can they be allowed to stay there?" The terrain of the Yellow Muddy Depression is low, it is not a good place for garrisons, the thief army only needs to walk to the edge of the Depression, you can overlook the panorama of the Yellow Mudpool, the secrets of our army, all at a glance, and the terrain is sunken, if attacked by the thief army. will be immediately besieged...... Why didn't the governor let the Xitong soldiers and Miao soldiers enter Chengdu? ”

A wry smile appeared on Shao Jiechun's face: "This palace is also a last resort. The barbarian soldiers of Xitong did not obey the king, they were barbaric and ferocious, and if they were allowed to enter Chengdu, the Han people in Chengdu would be unlucky...... And Miao Bing is even more vicious and vicious. Unpredictable...... How could this official put these two armies in Chengdu? ”

Qin Liangyu was anxious. Although the Xitong soldiers and Miao soldiers did not accept Wang Hua. But it's not a description of "vicious and vicious", is it? She actually knows a little bit about the prejudice of the Han people against ethnic minorities, but the extreme contempt for ethnic minorities in Shao Jiechun's tone is also a little too much. So he hurriedly persuaded: "Although the barbarian soldiers and Miao soldiers of Xitong are not subject to the king, but at this time, it is the time when the crisis in Shuzhong is at stake, even if they are disobedient, they will not mess around at this time." Moreover, the governor only needs to give more gold and silver, and try his best to appease them, so that these two armies can be obedient for the time being, and when the thief army is repulsed, they can be dismissed immediately, and they cannot be allowed to be stationed in the yellow mud valley under any circumstances. ”

Shao Jiechun shook his head: "General Qin, although this official trusts your Tujia family, but for the other barbarians, he can't believe it, if it is not my race, his heart will be different, I don't worry about letting them enter Chengdu, don't mention this matter again." ”

Qin Liangyu was extremely depressed, so he had to say again: "Even if you don't let them enter Chengdu, you can't let them be stationed in the yellow mud valley, Shao Gong must not sit on the fortified city at this time, and should strike preemptively and fight with the thief army to seize the danger." ”

Shao Jiechun kept a calm face and didn't speak, thinking about whether to let the Xitong soldiers and Miao soldiers change places to garrison and rob the mountains and rivers with the thief army.

At this moment, a soldier suddenly ran in, this soldier was wearing the folk costume of the Tujia family, and at a glance he knew that it was Qin Liangyu's subordinate, he ran to Qin Liangyu and knelt down, and then handed a letter with both hands.

Qin Liangyu looked at the cover and was immediately shocked: This is what my son Xianglin wrote?

At this time, Shao Jiechun sat beside her, and inadvertently swept his eyes over, seeing that it was a letter written by Ma Xianglin, Shao Jiechun's heart was also shocked, he knew that Ma Xianglin had been captured by the thief army, and it was a bit strange to suddenly receive his letter at this time. Shao Jiechun was embarrassed to say that he wanted to read other people's letters, but his body was deliberately sideways, obviously wanting to peek into the content of the letter. As for the "don't look at indecency" that the reader pays attention to, he can't care about it.

As a military general, Qin Liangyu could even feel and dodge the big knife and spear cut from behind her on the battlefield, and of course she could feel the small movements of a civilian official beside her, but she was bright and upright, and she didn't think about blocking her letter, so she unfolded the letter in front of Shao Jiechun. As soon as she saw the content, she was taken aback, it turned out that the letter said that the thieves sent troops to besiege and kill the five thousand white pole soldiers under the command of Ma Xianglin, and he was worried that the destruction of these white pole soldiers would have a huge impact on the Shizhu Tujia family, so he had to compromise with the thieves and promised to use five million catties of grain in exchange for his life and the five thousand white pole soldiers...... At the end of the letter, it was written that Zhu Jun would send technicians to instruct the Tujia people to plant new crops.

Zhu Yuanzhang has a very accurate grasp of Qin Liangyu's psychology, if he uses the lives of Ma Xianglin and 5,000 white pole soldiers to blackmail Qin Liangyu to withdraw from Chengdu, Qin Liangyu will definitely not agree, he would rather watch his son die than compromise with the thief. But now that the thief army only wants five million catties of grain, Qin Liangyu has no intention of resolutely opposing it. She took the letter, thought about it carefully for a while, sighed, handed the letter to the Tujia soldier who sent the letter in, and said, "You go back to the stone pillar, give this letter to the elders of the clan, and let them do what the letter says...... Let's tighten our belts and redeem those 5,000 brothers for a year. ”

As soon as these words came out, Shao Jiechun next to him was immediately satisfied, he had already read the content of the letter, figured out what was going on, and hurriedly said: "General Qin, your behavior is inappropriate......

Qin Liangyu said: "What's wrong? ”

Shao Jiechun said: "Your Tujia family is ...... This is to collaborate with the enemy! ”

Qin Liangyu frowned slightly: "How can this be called a collaborator?" My people were captured by thieves, and the thieves offered a ransom condition. I accepted the conditions, and this was a way to save myself. ”

Shao Jiechun shook his head and said, "You handed over five million catties of grain to the thieves, isn't this helping the thieves raise military rations?" It is better to hand over so much military ration to the imperial court......"

Qin Liangyu was slightly angry in his heart, but he didn't get angry, he just said with a calm face: "Lord Shao, if you can rescue my son Xianglin and the five thousand white-pole soldiers under his command, I can also hand over these grains to you." ”

Shao Jiechun was dumbfounded for a moment, and after a long while, he whispered: "Since General Pony and the five thousand white-pole soldiers have been captured, they are already fierce and unlucky. It's ...... if you can't save it," he wanted to say, it doesn't matter if he can't save it. It is better to bring the food to the officers and soldiers, but he is not a fool, and the last half of the sentence is still held and not said. It's just that the meaning is already clearly expressed on his face.

Qin Liangyu said seriously: "Seventeen years ago. Battle of the Hunhe River. My son Xianglin led the white pole soldiers to be surrounded by Tartars. Originally, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers nearby could rush to the rescue, but in the end, no one helped, and they sat back and watched our army annihilate. My son relied on his martial arts to fight through the encirclement, but he also lost an eye. In the sixth year of Chongzhen, my daughter-in-law Fengyi led troops to pursue the 36th battalion of thieves, and was besieged by Wang Ziyong in Houjiazhuang. There were obviously officers and soldiers led by Sun Hongmo and Yang Fang nearby, but they didn't help, and they sat back and watched as my stone pillars were gone, and Feng Yi died in battle......"

Speaking of this, Qin Liangyu's face was already sad, and she said depressedly: "This time, my son Xianglin was captured, and I don't expect the imperial court to lend a hand, and rely on our Tujia family to rescue the head office, right?" The Governor doesn't need to say much. ”

Shao Jiechun was speechless, Rao was born as a jinshi, with sharp teeth and sharp teeth, but he couldn't say half a word at this moment, you must know that no matter where you go to reason, only the court owes Qin Liangyu, and there is no Qin Liangyu who owes the court. But thinking that the Tujia family had compromised with the thieves and wanted to send five million catties of grain to ransom people, it always made him feel strange and very unhappy.

His expression changed for a long time, and finally turned into a black face, and he snorted coldly: "In that case...... Chengdu is no longer garrisoned by General Qin, and General Qin is also asked to move to Chongqing...... Chengdu and Chongqing are at each other's edges, and if the thieves attack Chengdu, Qin Liangyu can lead troops to help. ”

As soon as his words came out, he wanted to drive Qin Liangyu out of Chengdu.

Qin Liangyu originally wanted to argue for a few sentences, but when the words came to his lips, after thinking about it carefully, he was relieved, it turned out that Shao Jiechun not only couldn't believe Xitong and Miao Bing, but even the white pole soldiers of the Tujia family couldn't be trusted, this Han cultural official could only trust the Han soldiers, and the sentence he said not long ago, "If it's not my race, its heart will be different", in fact, it was also deliberately said to the Tujia family, but it didn't say it so obviously. Now he heard that the white pole soldiers were going to reach a certain degree of compromise with Zhu Jun, but he also doubted the Tujia family.

Qin Liangyu didn't want to say anything more, and after a long sigh, he stood up, hugged his fists and said, "Since that's the case, the last general will go to Chongqing to garrison...... Alas...... "She turned around and left, her old body actually trembled slightly, if it wasn't for the country, she didn't even want to go to Chongqing, she really wanted to go back to Shizhu Laozhai as soon as possible.

(Note: In history, Shuzhong fell, because Shao Jiechun didn't believe in Qin Liangyu, so he didn't need to do anything, but Zhang Xianzhong seized the opportunity to break the Sichuan soldiers with a drum. ）――

In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, winter, Mianyang, Yamen lobby.

Zhu Yuanzhang was looking at the documents sent from all over the place, and made instructions on it, Ma Xinyu sent a message, saying that the blacksmiths had finally made the first batch of revolver muskets produced with "molds", and they would soon be escorted by Bai Yuzhu. ”

Later, I saw a document sent by Li Qingshui, the governor of Shaanxi Province of Zhu Jun, saying how many potatoes, how much corn, how much brown rice, how much cotton, and so on Shaanxi had produced this year.

After reading it for a while, I only felt a little tired, and I was about to drink a cup of tea to refresh myself and continue to work, but I saw that Zhang Yingxian's family letter was also mixed in these documents, and the letter was about his son. Zhang Yingxian has already given birth to a son for Zhu Yuanzhang in Chongzhen for ten years, at this time the son is over one year old, lively and cute, but Zhu Yuanzhang has been fighting outside, and this child has not seen his father's appearance. Zhang Yingxian wrote some interesting stories about her son in the letter, and then wrote that she missed him. Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly, and his fatigue was gone. It was a mistake for him to be with Zhang Yingxian, but this mistake was many years later. has become a fate, and Zhu Yuanzhang is paying more and more attention to this wife.

picked up the document again to give instructions, but saw a figure at the door, and a spy ran in and reported: "General, we have received news that Qin Liangyu has left Chengdu City and is stationed in Chongqing......"

"Oh?" Zhu Yuanzhang's expression remained unchanged, he didn't put down the paperwork in his hand, his eyes didn't turn, and he waved his hand: "Got it." ”

The spy was amazed: such good news. Why didn't the general react at all after hearing this? Isn't that a good thing?

But he didn't know. Qin Liangyu left Chengdu as early as Zhu Yuanzhang's calculation, and when he sent Ma Xianglin's letter, he had already guessed that after Shao Jiechun read the letter. There is at least a seventy percent chance that Qin Liangyu will be sent away. Otherwise, the civil servants may not be able to do it well. But the ability to self-destruct the Great Wall. The level of civil servants can be regarded as unparalleled in the world. Like this, the imperial court has really done nothing less than to remove or kill powerful generals.

Ma Xiaotian, who was guarding beside him, immediately stepped forward and said, "Brother Zhu." Your strategy has worked, what's next? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "There is no need to engage in any conspiracy and trickery in the future, let's attack with dignity...... Pass my order, march at once, and fight the yellow mud puddle first...... I'll talk about it after I'm afraid of the barbarian soldiers and Miao soldiers. ”

Ma Xiaotianqi said: "Brother Zhu, aren't we all co-opting all ethnic minorities based on our policy? At this time, I suddenly have to fight again, is it a little inconsistent with what you said earlier? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head: "For different ethnic minorities, different strategies should be adopted. The Qiang people have always lived in the mountains and did not care much about the world, so we adopted the strategy of bribery. The Tujia people have always worn the same pants with the imperial court, so we adopted a policy of dividing first and then co-opting. However, the barbarians and Miao soldiers in Xitong have always hated the Han people and refused to accept the king, so we must first beat them to be afraid, beaten so that they dare not argue with us, and then give them sweetness, so that they can return to their hearts. ”

"I see!" Ma Xiaotian worships——

Xia Erduo took a team that knew how to plant corn and stepped on the land of Shizhu, he was arranged by Zhu Yuanzhang to come to Shizhu to teach the Tujia people to plant corn.

This trip can be described as very dangerous, because he belongs to the leader of the thieves in the minds of the Tujia people, and the thief army has captured General Ma Xianglin, who is beloved by everyone in the Tujia family, so Xia Erduo made a will before stepping on the itinerary. With the wealth he has now, in fact, he no longer needs to "seek wealth and danger", and he should not do such a dangerous thing, but when he promoted potatoes in Baishui and later promoted corn in Guangyuan, he was loved by the people, which made him sincerely fall in love with the work of promoting new crops, which made him gain a huge sense of satisfaction, and this satisfaction is not measurable by wealth.

Walking all the way into the stone pillar, passing by many Tujia villages, he felt the poverty and backwardness of the Tujia people, the villages here are even poorer than the Han people's villages, many people don't even have neat clothes to wear, either shirtless, or bare-chested, and occasionally bare-bottomed...... The Tujia children had almost no clothes to wear, only a belly pocket made of coarse cloth.

The reason is that children grow up to be big, and they can only wear a piece of clothing for a year, so adults dare not make clothes for children, and a limited amount of money can only be saved, and when the child's body is almost mature, then make clothes, and make a piece of clothing will take more than ten years or a lifetime.

Of course, the reason for poverty is inseparable from the land, the terrain of the stone pillar is as complex as Guangyuan, and it is also a karst landform, there are stone mountains everywhere, the soil layer on the mountain is extremely thin, and even some mountains have no soil layer at all, except for the stone is moss, and even the wild grass can not be found a few. The crops of the people are planted on some strange terrain, Xia Erduo even saw a peasant woman planting a green onion on a palm-sized dirt soil in the crack of the stone, which can be called "seeing the seams and inserting needles", it is really difficult for them to grow crops in such a land, no wonder they live such a difficult life.

Xia Erduo couldn't help but sympathize with these Tujia people, he was a kind-hearted person, even if there was a racial difference between the Tujia people and the Han people, he didn't take this to heart, but secretly vowed to make their lives better.

After passing through a large number of poor Tujia villages, Xia Erduo finally came to the old village of the Shizhu Tujia family - Wanshou Village. This village is built on Wanshou Mountain, and there are two stone pinnacles on the top of the mountain, which look like two pillars, which is the origin of the name stone pillar.

Walk to the foot of the mountain, look up, a very steep mountain, flat and dangerous, cliffs on all sides, except for yourself facing this road, there is no other way to go up the mountain. The wooden village on the mountainside is majestic, at the foot of the mountain is a good style of a walled gate, although there is no valuable material to build, but the wood used by this big let is very thick, the stone beam is pressed on the top, and the momentum is extraordinary.

A couplet on the side of the gate of the wall: "Qishan Qishui this IKEA has Qijie, Shoumin Shouguo can be Shou Hui", and the door is "Wanshou Village". A team of white-pole soldiers at the gate of the village, holding white-pole guns, stood straight.

Seeing Xia Erduo and his party, the eyes of the white-pole soldiers were full of anger, but General Pony was still in the hands of the thieves, and they didn't dare to be rude to Xia Erduo, so they had to be bored.

Xia Erduo sighed secretly in his heart: Only then will you know that our Zhu Jun is not here to harm you! He looked back at the convoy behind him, which was transporting all corn seeds, and looking at these corn seeds, Xia Erduo raised his head, puffed up his chest, and walked towards Wanshou Village. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )