: Hao Nan urgently needs to win over the female official group, but Feng Shaoyan's intention is to dig people and swim withered

Well, then dig into the corners of the civil bureaucracy!

Di Haonan nodded in agreement, and Feng Shaoyan immediately used manpower to purchase a large manor in the eastern suburbs of the capital, and widely distributed buildings to recruit students to live in.

Na Haonan personally pointed out "Juxianzhuang" and officially opened the prelude to digging the corner of the civil official group.

Since the qiē in Juxianzhuang is free, most of the students from all over the country who are about to participate in the examination are from the home of Chehan, so they have gone to Juxianzhuang with their luggage to eat and drink.

Of course, they knew that Di Haonan provided them with a reading environment, so they were very grateful.

The establishment of Juxianzhuang has made most of the students who will participate in next year's examination have been snared. These are the flowers of the future Ming Dynasty. Officials of various parties in the Beijing Division have aroused alarm.

This kind of situation that Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone can't hide it from people at all.

In the Huang Mansion, Li Guo, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, hurriedly came to Huang Liji to discuss.

But when Huang Liji heard it, his face was full of indifference.

"Let him toss!"

"But this Juxianzhuang has recruited more than half of the students, all of whom are participating in next year's examination, and there will be hundreds of people who will become my Daming officials, and now Di Haonan is obviously digging the foot of the wall."

Huang Liji smiled: "What are you afraid of? Can our students still be snatched away by him? ”

Li Guo said worriedly: "But Deng Haonan has a lot of money, and he gives money and food to those students, and provides accommodation, what is lacking, these people will become officials in the future, won't they all become Deng Haonan's people!" ”

Huang Liji smiled and said, "You! I think you're an old fool! What can Deng Haonan toss with a little tender youth? ”

Li Guo said disapprovingly: "Everyone used to say that he didn't jump for a few days, how about now?" He jumped to the position of the Duke of Liao! ”

As soon as the matter of Liao Guogong was mentioned, Huang Liji was angry. He never expected this to be the result. The royal family, who has always been afraid of Deng Haonan's rise, why did he suddenly change his attitude?

Huang Liji couldn't figure it out, because he didn't dare to imagine that Di Haonan would have a very close relationship with the queen.

However, now that it is a fact, there is no use complaining.

"Don't worry!"

Huang Liji snorted and said, "You must know that you are the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the chief examiner of the examination." The old man is the secretary of the ministry and oversees their distribution. Deng Haonan takes care of these students, and in the end, these students have to worship under you and me, unless they don't want to be officials! ”

For a long time, the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty has been a tool for various parties to win over people and cultivate fresh blood. Although these students who have passed the imperial examination are nominally protégés of the Son of Heaven, they are only a formality. The palace test is just a formality for the emperor, so that the emperor believes that the officials in the world are his protégés, so that the emperor can rule.

For the parties, the key is also to take the test. Therefore, whoever is the examiner of the examination, then the scholar who has passed the examination is his student. Meantime. During the appointment process of the Ministry of Officials, these students who worship under the Ministry of Officials will have a beautiful official to do it, otherwise they will be assigned to a place where birds don't poop.

In charge of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites, it has always been the source of party strife in the Ming Empire. Of course, in the past, everyone took turns to do it, so the strength of the various parties was relatively balanced. But since the fall of the Donglin Party, the Emperor of the Apocalypse has ignored the government and politics, and Huang Liji's party has been controlling the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials, giving them the opportunity to become bigger.

This is the same as in the original Zhang Juzheng era, the emperor did not take care of the government, and the personnel changes of cabinet ministers stopped, so that Zhang Juzheng was always the first auxiliary minister, resulting in the dominance of Zhang Juzheng's party.

Li Guo thought about it, and there was really nothing to worry about. Na Haonan can't interfere in the scientific examination at all, and this group of students is still their party.

This matter was put down, and Li Guo asked again: "Huang Taiji has changed the country to be called the emperor!" ”

Huang Taiji's movement of the emperor was very large, and it soon spread to Beijing, and the dynasty was shaken.

Huang Li snorted coldly and said, "Dare to be the emperor after losing the battle?" It's just rampant! ”

Li Guo nodded and said: "Since the Liaodong Army stopped the offensive, Huang Taiji was able to breathe, so he secretly sent elite people to conquer the Mongolian tribes, and the result was a complete victory. This is the only way to dare to be the emperor! ”

Huang Liji's eyebrows twisted together, and he suddenly said, "Why did Deng Haonan stop attacking?" ”

Li Guo sneered and said, "If the Manchu Qing Dynasty is not destroyed for a day, the imperial court will need Deng Haonan to come to the imperial gate." This is also the guarantee that Deng Haonan can be free in Beijing! ”

"That being said!" Huang Liji calmed down, thought for a while and said: "But we have already dismissed the governor of Liaodong, and the entire Liaodong has been given to Deng Haonan, there is no reason for him to keep Huang Taiji!" Even if Huang Taiji is destroyed, the imperial court does not have the ability to take care of the mess in Liaodong, Deng Haonan does not have to worry about it at all! ”

Li Guo thought for a while and guessed: "Then there is only one reason, Deng Haonan is not enough to destroy Huang Taiji!" ”

"No!"

Huang Liji waved his hand and said: "Regardless of the number or strength of the Liaodong Army, Xi surpasses Huang Taiji, and it is completely possible to destroy Huang Taiji!" ”

"So what the hell is he trying to do?" Huang Liji touched his beard and thought for a long time, and said, "It's going to change the sky!" ”

"Changing the sky?" Li Guo shook his head, his face full of disbelief.

"If you want to say that Di Haonan is the king and hegemon overseas! But as a Ming courtier, if there is no valid reason, it is difficult to get in! ”

"Not now, doesn't mean there won't be in the future!"

Huang Liji smiled bitterly and said: "This time, he followed the position of Liao Guogong, and the old man always felt that something was wrong, but he had no clue for a while!" ”

Li Guo said: "Just in case, I still don't think the Liaodong Army can be left idle. Let them go to the Manchus! ”

Huang Liji nodded and said, "... It's a good idea! Let Di Haonan use his energy outside. The country is stable※

Huang Liji thought about it for a while, and then asked Li Guo to arrange for someone to play the fold, and at the same time revealed it to Gu Bingqian and other imperial historians, so that they could continue to fan the flames and let Di Haonan do his best to exterminate the Manchu Qing.

When he arrived in the inner court, he was naturally kept by the celebrant and did not send it, and at the same time, he also notified Na Haonan as soon as possible.

The Jinghai Marquis Mansion has changed the courtyard, and originally Deng Haonan thought that it would be enough to just change the plaque. I never thought that the gap between the marquis and the duke was quite large, and the etiquette system was even different. The original Jinghai Marquis Mansion was doubled in size, and the gate was much wider than the original.

Towards the end of the year, all the big and small officials in the capital who could have some relationship would ask someone to visit the Liaoguo Mansion. In addition to Deng Haonan being a big warlord with heavy troops, the important thing is that Deng Haonan is now a big celebrity in the capital, a great hero, and the master who will shake the capital if he tiptoes. Everyone wanted to befriend Deng Haonan, so the gate of the Guogong Mansion, which should have been very deserted and majestic, has now become a busy city.

On a cold day, more than a dozen sedan chairs were parked at the gate of the Guogong Mansion. Whether it is a Beijing official or an official who has been released, all those who come here want to have a future. However, compared with the officials queuing up at the entrance of the official department, most of the people waiting outside the Guogong Mansion had heads and faces, because their little pigtails were caught by Deng Haonan and had to run over to show their loyalty.

There is a way to be a seven-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, and the family in front of the Guogong Mansion of that Haonan is much more than the seven-rank official, what governor, political envoy, brocade guard, in addition to the rules and regulations of the door, these family members are in front of any official, are the first level of the official.

It is said that among the people waiting in line was Shen Kefeng of An Yuanzhi County, who came to the capital to report on the situation of the White Lotus Sect in Jiangxi on the order of Hong Zhanzu, the governor of Jiangxi. But this Shen Kefeng's ass was not clean, and the handle fell into the hands of the head of the Jiangxi Intelligence Station of the Liaodong Governor's Mansion. As a result, Shen Kefeng fell to Na Haonan's side and helped Liaodong abandon the mansion to find out the situation of the White Lotus Sect.

This time, he was ordered to go to Beijing to report to the Ministry of War, and Shen Kefeng decided to visit Deng Haonan in the Daoguo Mansion first. Say hello to the master first, and by the way, see if you can have a future.

But as soon as he arrived at the gate of the Guogong Mansion, he was dumbfounded. There were also many senior officials in line in front of him, and the lowest was also a fourth-grade senior official. But he has a seven-grade county order, and he has been in line for a day, and he has been on each row for a day.

The post was handed to the porter, and I didn't dare to leave if I wanted to, so I had to wait.

At this time, the four, sedan chair drivers carried a sedan chair, stepped on the snow and creaked, and stopped directly in front of the Guogong Mansion.

Shen Kefeng looked fixedly, and a beautiful woman came down from the sedan chair, holding one in her hand. Food box, look at the clothes like a maid dressed.

This pretty maid is the female official Xiaoru next to the queen, who went out of the palace in ordinary maid casual clothes, and came to the Guogong Mansion to send some things to Deng Haonan's wife, and she was affectionate first.

The officials waiting in line did not know the background of the visitor, and a large group of men hurriedly blocked Xiaoru's way.

"What is the little girl doing?"

"You want to care?"

"Whose grown-up's? Know that first come, first come, go to the back and queue up! ”

"Get out of the way!"

Shen Ke sealed his eyes on the thief, and he had already seen the porter come out in a hurry, and immediately judged that Xiaoru was not an ordinary person. So when everyone stopped Xiao Ru, Shen Kefeng hurriedly ran forward and pushed everyone away.

"Bold!" Shen Kefeng shouted: "Who do you dare to stop? ”

Shen Kefeng shouted loudly, and suddenly stunned the officials. Even Xiaoru herself was surprised.

"Ignore them! You're inside please! Shen Kefeng hurriedly bent down to escort Xiaoru and blocked the other officials.

Xiao Ru nodded and gave Shen Kefeng a smile.

At this time, several of the concierges had already come out and hurriedly stopped the officials. "It turned out that Miss Xiaoru was here! Hurry inside please! ”

Xiaoru often came here, so the concierge knew about it and hurriedly invited her in. Shen Kefeng secretly said that he had the right person, and hurriedly followed behind Xiaoru and wanted to go in.

"Stop, stop!" A little family grabbed Shen Kefeng's official uniform and dragged him, the little old man, like a chicken.

"We're in this together!"

Shameless enough!

A few family members rolled their eyes, and secretly said that this guy is very profound.

Xiao Ru chuckled and said, "This little sesame official is quite good, you can take care of him!" ”

Xiaoru spoke, and a few family members naturally wanted to give face.

"I'm Shen Kefeng of Anyuan Zhi County, and I have 100,000 urgent things to ask to see Lord Liao Guogong!"

When Shen Kefeng saw Xiaoru's tone, he knew that her background was very big, so he hurriedly reported her name, so that the family members knew it, because they had Shen Kefeng's greeting post in their hands.

"Three small counties, there is a big fart thing? Still in a hurry? ”

The housekeepers pouted. Apparently did not believe his words. After all, everyone who came to see Di Haonan said that they were in a hurry.

"White Lotus Sect!" Shen Kefeng hurriedly blurted out: "There is news of the White Lotus Sect!" ”

White Lotus Sect?

As soon as they heard this, several family members suddenly looked stern. Although they didn't know what government affairs were important or urgent, they knew that their master often mentioned the White Lotus Sect.

"Wait!"

Several of the family members glanced at each other, and one of them quickly went back to report.

The Guogong Mansion is very deep, and even if it is reported quickly, the time for half a burnt incense will be wasted.

"Shen Kefeng!"

"The lower official is here!"

"Lord Kokuko wants to see you! Follow me! ”

When Shen Kefeng heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and while following the family into the house, he turned his head and glared at everyone.

Let's learn a little bit about it!

"Hey, hey! We're in this together! ”

Other officials rushed up one after another, wanting to set up a relationship to enter, but they were blocked by the family members, and they could only star

Several officials were all dejected, and they waited for a long time. just let Shen Kefeng cut in line. However, Shen Kefeng met with them, and these waiting officials stared at the maids who went out of the Guogong Mansion, and they were close to each other, and many people were given priority because of this.

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Deng Haonan directly met with Shen Kefeng in the study, because Deng Haonan was discussing things with Feng Shaoyan and Dong Nan and others, and only stopped temporarily when he heard that Jiading reported that Jiangxi Anyuan County ordered an urgent request for a meeting, and mentioned the matter of the White Lotus Sect.

After Shen Kefeng came in, he was very reserved, and he didn't know anyone in the study. But when he saw Di Haonan on the main seat, he immediately saluted.

"Shen Kefeng of Yuanzhi County, Xiaguan An, participated in Lord Liao Guogong and asked Lord Guogong for peace."

"Get up". Deng Haonan looked at Shen Kefeng and said, "You are from Jiangxi?"

Shen Kefeng hurriedly replied: "The lower official was ordered to go to Beijing to report to Lord Qiawang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, about the Jiangxi White Lotus Sect!" ”

Na Haonan nodded and asked, "Then you have reported to Lord Wang?" ”

"Not yet". Shen Kefeng replied: "Xiaguan has long admired the prestige of Lord Guogong, and after coming to the capital from Jiangxi, he was bent on witnessing the majesty of Lord Guogong, so as soon as Xiaguan entered the city, he came to Guogong's Mansion first, and by the way, he reported the matter of the Jiangxi White Lotus Sect to Lord Guogong!" ”

Deng Haonan nodded, understanding Shen Kefeng's intention. Obviously, he came to show his loyalty, Di Haonan said in his heart, this guy is quite good!

"Let's talk about it."

Shen Kefeng received the order and hurriedly told what he knew. That Haonan also understood Shen Kefeng's words, and learned a lot of things that he didn't know in history, and of course he was more shocked.

The helm of the White Lotus Sect is in Phoenix City, of course, it is not the Phoenix City in Liaodong, but the Phoenix City under the Phoenix Mountain in Jiangxi. The White Lotus Sect has almost controlled the entire Jiangxi, and the sect members are distributed in the surrounding provinces, no less than one million, and the core strength of Shen Kefeng is not clear, but it is estimated to be around 200,000.

"How can there be so many?

Na Haonan pulled his fingers, in his impression, the Gannan uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty was inconspicuous, at least not on the scale of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. But if according to what Shen Kefeng said, one soldier is 200,000 and one million are abducted, which should be regarded as a very powerful rebel army in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, more than Li Zicheng.

"Adults don't know!" Shen Kefeng said: "Originally, there were not many core members of the White Lotus Sect, but some time ago, more than 100,000 people suddenly came from the south. I heard that the original Chao Gang joined the White Lotus Sect. ”

"The Chao Gang only has 50,000 horses and horses rushing over! How can there be more than 100,000 people as you say? ”

Shen Kefeng said in surprise: "It turns out that the adults have long known that the meaning of the lower official is actually that the White Lotus Sect is very strong now!" ”

Na Haonan nodded and asked, "Then do you have any way to quell the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect?"

Shen Kefeng shook his head and said, "My lord." Xia Guan didn't have that ability, but Xia Guan finally learned some information about the White Lotus Sect's stronghold after a lot of hardship, and it can be said that it can be told to adults."

Hua Haonan nodded and motioned for Shen Kefeng to tell his information, and at the same time, the secretary had already begun to record what Shen Kefeng said, so that he could check and correct it in the future.

From Shen Kefeng's mouth, Deng Haonan knew the complexity of the problem.

Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, due to the treacherous geographical ecological environment and long-term social turmoil, rural residents in southern Gannan spontaneously built a large number of rural enclosures for military defense, thus forming a widespread and continuous movement of building and enclosing villages. With the construction of the rural siege and the rise of the township armed forces, the township forces, especially the clan forces, have been continuously developed, and have become increasingly militarized and divided, and have gradually become a very mature dominant force in the rural society.

Rural clans build walled villages, and "gather people to protect themselves" directly guide zhì "gather people to live." The formation of settlements and the strengthening of settlements and clans show the historical formation process of the common and significant Duhui humanistic phenomenon of the development of clans and overlapping villages in Kannan and even the whole of South China.

Since the Ming Dynasty, in the mountainous villages of the whole of South China, including Kannan, the clan organization has been very developed, and the power of the villagers is extremely strong, and they usually overlap significantly with the villages, forming a common clan settlement.

"Feudal family organizations are very common in Jiangxi counties, and most of them are one village with one surname, or several villages with one surname." It is particularly important to investigate and discuss the historical relationship between clans and settlements from the rural walled villages such as cottages, earthen forts, tulou, besieged cities, and walled houses that appeared in South China during the Ming Dynasty, because clan organizations or township forces often rely on these rural buildings with strong military nature to form settlements and local separations. In the Ming Dynasty, the southern Gan region, including the southern Jiangxi Prefecture and Nan'an Prefecture, included the county, Yudu, Xinfeng, Xingguo, Huichang, Anyuan, Longnan, Dingnan, Changning, Xunwu, Ningdu, Ruijin, Shicheng, Dageng, Nankang, Shangyou, Chongyi and other old counties. This area is located in the upper reaches of the Ganjiang River, adjacent to the border areas of western Fujian, eastern Guangdong, northern Guangdong and southeastern Hunan provinces, and its topography is mainly hilly and mountainous, and the rest is intermountain basins and river valley plains, which is a typical mountainous area.

Until the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, this area is still sparsely populated, the geographical ecological environment is very bad, the color of the border society is particularly obvious, the early Ming Dynasty scholar Yang Shiqi Bi Buxi once described it like this: "Jiangxi is a county, living in the upper right of the river, the ten towns governed are all remote, the people are few and scattered between the mountains and streams, or dozens of miles do not see the dwellings

It should be said that this geographical and ecological environment constitutes a common feature of the entire border mountainous area of South China, and it is also an important factor in the long-term turmoil in this region during the Ming Dynasty. In this vast mountain village in southern Gansu, there were many people called "Zhaiqi" and "City" in the late Ming Dynasty. The rural architecture of "enclosed houses, enclosed houses, and enclosed by earth" is commonly referred to as "enclosed villages" in this article

The rise and development of these rural enclosures was directly related to the social turmoil of the Ming Dynasty. Probably from the Chenghua and Hongzhi years, a large number of displaced people in Guangdong and Fujian were Liukou, that is, the so-called "Guang Thief Min Kou," Min Guang Liukou. The continuous flow into the mountainous areas of southern Gan has caused huge social unrest in the region. "Kou Chao" in the Zhengde and Jiajing years, strong. , the deception reached a climax and lasted until the early years of Wanli before it subsided.

In the face of this kind of "Kou chaos", villagers in southern Jiangxi built various military fortresses to defend against bandits and defend their homes, thus opening the prelude to the movement of rural residents in the south of the Ming and Qing dynasties to build villages and encirclements.

During the Zhengde and Jiajing periods, in Dageng County, Nan'an Prefecture, the local villagers built a series of sieges similar to the Chengchi of Fuxian County: Xintian City, forty miles north of Dageng, in the forty-fourth year of Jiajing, "the villagers of the strong villagers have told the official bank to apply for the detailed courtyard road, and the people donated funds to build, around 117 zhang. East and West Two Gate Phoenix City, in Xintian City Wuli, near Phoenix Mountain, hence the name. In the forty-fourth year of Jiajing, Lixiang Minjian "counted around 260 zhang, one zhang thick, and six feet high. The door is three, and there is a building three. "Yangmei City, in the west of Phoenix City ten miles Yangmei Village, Jiajing forty-four years" sticking to the township of the people's construction, around 250 zhang, a height of seven feet, east and west are people ponds, near Guanxi Creek City in the north, in the north of Yangmei City ten miles of creek post in Yan. "Jiajing 35 years" nephew township construction, counting around 230 zhang, open four doors. "Fengshan City, fifteen miles north of Xicheng. The people in Fengshan are good at crossbows, Zhengde Bingzi returned to the field, and Wang Wencheng was selected as a crossbowman from the imperial history, and he was rampant. The people are afraid of retaliation, and they plead to build a city for self-defense.

In the process of coping with the violent "Kou chaos", these castles built by the villagers collectively played an important role in guaranteeing, such as someone pointed out: "When there are robbers and robbers, it is necessary to have a city, and the county is outside, if Xintian, Phoenix, Yangmei, Gexi, Fengshan villages, like a city, and the people are actually

For example, according to Wanli's "Ruijin County Zhizha Jizai, Ruijin's "rock partition village, forty miles east of the county, a small plug, shaped like a pillar of heaven, top of the danger, can accommodate more than 1,000 people, villagers avoid Kou, live more. Shicheng County's "Hongshi Village" Ming Zheng Dexin is not six years, said, Jiajing Xin hundred and forty years, falling, Chongzhen Wuchen first year "Zhao, the local people rate here to avoid Kou.; Another example is the "round stone village" in Du County, in Lai Village, the stone is round and steep, the wall stands thousands of thousands, the edge of the stone steps up, there is a stone gate to the waist of the village, the wood is a ladder, the person by the door, the stone level is hundreds, the number of Ao Rukou is like a few hectares of fields, half an acre of pond, a district of fine house.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Song clan avoided chaos in this village, and then there were Koulong Village and Ankou Village. In the mountainous villages in southern Jiangnan, because of its borders with Guangdong and Fujian, Fujian and Guangdong often bear the brunt of the attack. Therefore, there are many cottages in the area. For example, in Longnan County, there are Taxia Village, Danzi Stone Village, Jiangdong Plug, Sudden Camel Village, Niu Brain Plug, Sheep Village, Shuikou General Village, Ladder Plug, etc.

Obviously, this kind of cottage is mostly a kind of temporary and improvised fortification. As far as the villagers are concerned, the Kou people avoid it, and the Kou people return to the village. For example, the marble stone village of Longnan County, "three miles away from the county", the people of Yi were disturbed, and the village was built here, and the old site still exists.

In short, in the historical environment of the "Kou Rebellion" around the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the cottages near the villages were sheltered by the villagers. The main defensive fortress also became the main body of the rural siege in southern Gannan during this period, and most of them showed obvious temporary and simple characteristics, which shows that the rural siege of southern Gannan was still in its embryonic state before and after the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

However, at present, due to the chaos of the imperial situation, the White Lotus Sect has controlled the common people of these villages in the form of religion, which makes it even more difficult to break through the already easy to defend and difficult to attack.

"Your Excellency!" Shen Kefeng said: "It's not a secret. These cottage castles are very dangerous to build, and there is basically no way back. Once the imperial army enters and suppresses it, it will be a dead fish. Moreover, if you want to exterminate these hundreds of thousands of rebels, you have to pour the power of the country."

Deng Haonan and the others suddenly took a breath of cold air, which was incredible. Especially Deng Haonan himself, he racked his brains and couldn't understand why the originally inconspicuous rebellion in southern Gannan had become so complex and huge? According to what Shen Kefeng said, there is no million-strong army that wants to exterminate hundreds of thousands of White Lotus Sect rebels.

Of course, the million-strong army refers to the army of the imperial court, and if it is Deng Haonan's army, it may not need so much. However, one of the things is clear. That is, the Shansai clan forces in Jiangxi are world-famous, and even Comrade Lao Mao gritted his teeth when he cleared up the resistance forces of the landlords and clans in Jiangxi, sacrificing nearly 60,000 Red Army troops under General Su Yu, which is not a joke.

Deng Haonan couldn't sit still, got up and paced back and forth.

There has never been such a large-scale rebellion in history! It must be that the butterfly benefits of myself have finally worked!

It's bad now, the Ming Dynasty repaired a Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were so tired that they vomited blood, plus the more powerful White Lotus Sect, then the Ming Empire would not support it for ten years at all, and it would collapse in two or three years.

"If Lord Wang asks you, how will you answer?"

Shen Kefeng replied: "Please have it!" ”

Deng Haonan thought for a while and said, "Add oil and vinegar, let him feel that his eyebrows are burning!" ”

"Xiaguan Mingzi!"

"Remember, you haven't been here".

Shen Kefeng nodded and said, "Xiaguan understands!" ”D