"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a water map," Zheng Lang said. Come on,.!

Li Suzhi developed Jinghu South Road and cultivated some talents, but Zheng Lang has expanded slightly since the autumn, and there is a lack of relevant officials who understand water conservancy, so he deliberately asked the imperial court to transfer a few officials from Liangguang to Jinghu South Road. didn't dare to smoke more, and these officials were also needed in Liangguang.

Several officials hurried to Yunxi Village to wait for Zheng Lang's instructions.

Yunxi Village is located in the northwest of Shaozhou, entering the edge of the real Meishan Mountain, which is the junction of the third and fourth areas of the four irregular areas of the development, where the terrain is dangerous, as the intersection of the road. The front line of the front.

After talking with these dozen officials, he sent soldiers to send them to the Ping'an area, which has seventy or eighty miles of land, all of which belong to the edge of Meishanman, and it is impossible to protect them without sending soldiers.

received a report from Chenzhou, and there was a lot of change in Xiaxi.

Chenzhou is in the west of Hunan, but administratively it is divided into Jinghu North Road. Because Zheng Lang, as a pacification envoy of Jinghu South Road, had the right to ask about Jinghu North Road, he was a little embarrassed, so it was very inconvenient to manage. Coupled with the formulation of the plan, he did not enter the west side of Meishanman for the time being, and Zheng Lang did not ask much about the affairs of Chenzhou.

The northwest Beijiang area of Chenzhou, that is, the Xixi region of Hunan, Chongqing and Guizhou, in the southwest of Meishanman, the two have a connection, but not Meishanman, there is a big surname Peng, the world has Xizhou, the state is divided into upper, middle and lower three streams, and there are 20 fetters in the state, all of which are in the history of thorns. The form is quite similar to the Tian clan in the west, which made the imperial court more embarrassed, and the Tian clan is the name of a state!

Among them, Xiaxi Prefecture is the master of the assassination and the capital, and the remaining nineteen states are all subordinate to it, which is called the oath. The state will inherit, the chiefs will agree, choose their children and grandchildren, or brothers and nephews to stand up, and then move the name of the state to Chenzhou as a guarantee, and the division will give the edict and seal, and the person who is appointed will look at the north of the river across the Xixi River to thank him. It's actually a passing scene. With the permission of the imperial court, this leader is not only chosen by us, but also recognized by the imperial court. But the court doesn't admit it, so what can be done about them?

During the Jubilee Year. Peng wanted to plot rebellion, but was defeated by the Song army, and took Peng Shihan, the grandson of Peng Wenyong, the assassin of Xiaxi Prefecture, as a hostage. Peng Shihan stayed in Xijing, said that his father and brother died, please return to this way, Shunzhou Mantian Yan'an maneuvered from it, so Xiaximan and the imperial court made a bloody alliance in Mingtan. Peng Shihan was released. At this time, Peng Wenyong's son Peng Rumeng was the new Xiaxi Prefecture assassin history, maybe Peng Shihan wanted to fight for power, Rumeng was loyal to the Song Dynasty, he was anti-Song, maybe he wanted to be captured and humiliated, after Peng Shihan went back, he gathered the clansmen and wanted to continue to rebel against the Song Dynasty.

The court was furious. Preparing to increase troops and forcibly suppress Xiaximan, Peng Rumeng looked bad. Once the Great Song Dynasty arrives, there will be no indiscriminate treatment, you don't need to do it, we will solve our internal contradictions by ourselves, and send our son Peng Shiduan to suppress the cousin's rebellion.

Of course, he was happy with this court and rewarded him lavishly. After Peng Rumeng's death, Peng Shiduan continued to go down to the river to assassinate the history, all of them were more loyal to the Song Dynasty, Peng Shiduan died, and his brother Peng Shixi succeeded him. The imperial court also treated him well, and once named Peng Shixi as the right servant of the school book, and the right servant shot everyone understands, and he is a good job!

Peng Shixi has a very disobedient son, Peng Shibao, the governor of Zhongshun Prefecture, and the court was furious. Punish them with their sins. This is very fatal, why Zhao Zhen asked Li Rizun to pay tribute, it is pitiful to him. Because tribute is a great good thing for these barbarians, when they come to pay tribute, they can often give back a reward of tens of thousands of dollars when they send some rags and old horses. This was true of the Song Dynasty, and so was the Ming Dynasty.

Peng Shibao was anxious, we are poor, and we are still counting on tribute to get benefits from the court, I am not satisfied, the court has wronged me, I keep appealing and shouting grievances, and I asked the court to let him know about Xizhou, suppressed for several years, and saw that he has indeed become well-behaved. Later, Peng Shibao married a beautiful stepwife, and Peng Shixi saw that she looked good, so she forcibly snatched this daughter-in-law.

Peng Shibao was furious and sent his son to Chenzhou, promising to move the clan to the city of Chenzhou, and use the clansmen to enter the court's sphere of influence as hostages, showing his loyalty, and accusing his father of evil. It is said that Peng Shixi once killed the generals of the thirteen states under the oath (subordinate to the nineteen states), seized their sigils, and had their land, and the court rewards received from the tribute were all specialized, and he called himself the king of Ruyi, and replaced the official subordinates, and he was going to plot chaos.

After discussing with Song Shouxin, the governor of Chenzhou, Jia Shixiong, and Li Suzhi, the transfer envoy of Jinghu North Road, they decided to send thousands of troops, with Shibao as the township guide, and went deep into the crusade.

There are three bases for this decision, the first is Zheng Lang's policy, those who return to obedience will be treated well, and those who rebel will not be slackened, and although the Xizhou area does not belong to Meishanman, it must be governed.

The second is that Xizhou has always been very cowardly, and it is not easy for people to pay attention to it.

Third, it is impossible to ask Zheng Lang about everything, and now Zheng Lang is not in a good mood, there are many affairs, and Chenzhou does not belong to the jurisdiction of Jinghu South Road. Therefore, the troops were dispatched first, and then this report was handed to Zheng Lang as if it were a routine matter.

After Zheng Lang finished reading it, he patted his head, how could he forget about it.

Then he ordered someone to call for a seed and said to him, "Accompany me to Chenzhou." ”

"Well," replied the planter.

The two families have a lot of origins, and the old lady often corresponds with Cui Xian.

Many major events have happened in the past few months, the most notable of which is a series of stories surrounding Zhao Niannu, including Zheng Lang's anger. There is also the Zheng family's son-in-law, and there are several sons and daughters who have entered Cui Xian's eyes, among which there is the old son of the family, who is only one year older than Zheng Ping. However, from the outsider's point of view, the hope of the breeder is very vague, although the breeder is good, compared with the Zheng family, the family is still not worthy, and it is a military general, and the military general has a low status in the Song Dynasty, although Cui Xian has considered it, the chance of success in the end is almost equal to nothing.

But the farmer is in a dilemma, and the farmer is also preparing to find a family for the breeder, what should the Zheng family do? I wrote to the planter, and the planter replied, how can I ask about this kind of thing, but can't you wait a year and a half?

Of course, Zheng Lang didn't know.

However, he himself thinks it is unlikely.

The two came to Chenzhou.

The two sides have already started a war, Peng Shixi killed the state general, this state general is also a barbarian, and has nothing to do with the imperial court, annexing the states and strengthening his own strength, he has some unscrupulous intentions, but it is too much to say that he rebelled. However, this forced really forced him to rebel.

Zheng Lang came to deal with the father and son.

Peng Shixi wanted to strike first, and led the army to attack Chenzhou first, but to no avail, and later the Song army arrived, retreated and retreated, and arrived at Mingxi (northwest of Yuanling, Hunan). The Song army broke through Xiaxizhou, captured his wife and children, and was preparing to cross the Beijiang River.

Zheng Lang said to Song Shouxin: "Why is this so Meng Lang? ”

Song Shouxin asked puzzledly: "Could it be that the lower officials did something wrong?" ”

"Are you still doing the right thing, how did this official do it? Stroke first and then fight, have you ever touched and asked? ”

Don't look at the current Song army's victories, if Zheng Lang doesn't make a move, once he crosses the Beijiang River, Peng Shixi uses the mountains to hide, and then launches the Battle of Tongzhu (Jingchu and Ximan War. Both sides suffered heavy losses, so in Guzhang County Huixiping set up a high zhang two, weighing 5,000 pounds of copper pillars, the alliance said that since then the well water does not violate the river water, with the copper pillar as the boundary), the Song army was defeated, and the soldiers died sixteen or seventeen. So Xiaximan and Meishanman joined forces, which made this area worsen and erosive. The imperial court failed to persuade him to surrender, and sent Lei Janfu to forcibly send troops, and after a bloody battle. Peng Shixi and Qianqian were poor, and led 700 barbarians to drink blood as an alliance and return to the imperial court.

will definitely be able to defeat Peng Shixi, the price is too high, and it is far from being as simple as Song Shouxin thought.

Song Shouxin couldn't answer.

Zheng Lang didn't say much, Peng Shixi was undeniably ambitious, but Peng Shibao seemed to be very loyal to the imperial court, fought fiercely with his father and died in battle. Call Peng Shibao, about thirty years old. Keep screaming. Zheng Lang had no choice but to appease and persuade, and after a long time, Peng Shibao was very happy in the end. Zheng Lang came to the bank of the Beijiang River.

With Chong Ge and Peng Shibao, let the two soldiers swing the boat, get on the boat, and come to the center of the river. shouted to the other side: "I'm Zheng Xingzhi, let your leader come out to meet." ”

Then anchor in the center of the river.

After a while, Peng Shixi came out, and he didn't care about Chenzhou for the time being, and he didn't know him, Zheng Lang asked, "Are you Peng Shixi?" ”

Peng Shixi nodded, and Zheng Lang said again: "Come by boat, and talk to you." ”

Peng Shixi had heard many legends of Zheng Lang, and he hesitated to do it when he was afraid.

"If you dare to rebel, are you still afraid of me, a civil official, if you are so bold, what qualifications do you have to rebel?"

Peng Shixi made him excited, and also took three barbarians, sitting on a bamboo raft, and sailed to the center of the river.

A boat and a raft are disturbed.

All the sergeants on both sides were worried.

Zheng Lang was very calm, he hadn't seen any strong winds and waves, a little Peng Shixi, and said: "Peng servant shooting, the raft is unstable, my boat is slightly bigger, come to my boat to talk." ”

Since Zheng Lang called him a servant, Peng Shixi knew it in his heart and got on the boat.

Zheng Lang pointed to the west and said, "Less than ten miles away from here, it is where the bronze pillar of your Ximan and Jing Chu alliance was located in the past. ”

"Yes."

"Jing Chu can be like me?"

"It's not as good as that."

"It's not as good, it's not as far away, Jing Chu has only tens of thousands of soldiers, and my dynasty has millions of soldiers. In the past, you Ximan forced Jing Chu to sign a non-aggression pact, but can you force me to sign the same alliance with your Ximan? ”

"Zheng Xianggong, I don't want to rebel, but why does the court listen to this son of a......" Peng Shixi stood up and wanted to beat his son.

They were separated by a handful of seeds.

Zheng Lang said: "You sit down, don't get excited. Beating your son won't solve the problem, and your rebellion won't solve the problem. I ask you, since you don't want to rebel, why do you kill the state generals and the states? ”

"That's because they don't listen to orders."

"It seems that you don't take the court seriously."

"I didn't."

"At the beginning, Ximan made an alliance with the imperial court, and Xizhou was in charge of the twenty states below, and the state generals were elected by the chiefs, and the imperial court recognized them as state generals, but did the imperial court ever promise to let Xiaxi Prefecture annex twenty states?"

"The twenty states are under the control of Lower Creek State."

"There's no difference between being in charge and being in charge? Your Ximan is also under the control of the imperial court, has the imperial court sent officials to govern and deprive Ximan of his rights? Also, you are also a court official, and you should abide by the court etiquette law, why do you want to take your daughter-in-law as a concubine, this is what a court official can do? ”

“……”

"Or you make up your mind, if you can win, you will advance, if you can't win, you will retreat into the mountains, okay, let you see, where you are retreating," Zheng Lang took out a large map from the side and unfolded it.

It depicts all the mountains and rivers of Ximan, as well as some water conservancy to be developed. Zheng Lang attaches great importance to the location of Ximan, which is Shizhou and Kuizhou above, and Tian's to the west. Good governance is a good model. If the management is not done well, it will be even more difficult to rectify the Kuixia area in the future. So he sent many people to secretly inspect the terrain of Ximan.

But Song Shouxin didn't know all this, and Li Suzhi didn't know either.

Peng Shixi looked stunned.

Zheng Lang said again: "You think that the mountain can help you, if you don't seize the opportunity today, you don't need more, I will only send one general, five thousand soldiers, enough to annihilate all your subordinates." ”

It's not that easy, but seeing such a detailed map, does Peng Shixi dare to bet? He muttered: "Why didn't the imperial court listen to my explanation and send troops to attack?" ”

"There is a misunderstanding, but I am in Shaozhou, how far is it from here, why don't you send a messenger to complain to me?"

"I, I ......"

"Look at it again, your father and son are killing each other, will it make the world laugh at each other?"

“……”

"When I came, I discussed with Peng Shibao, and now I will give you a chance to renew the oath, Xiaxi Prefecture is still the leader of the twenty states, and you will still be allowed to serve as the assassin of Xiaxi Prefecture, but Peng Shibao is loyal to the imperial court, and I will let him serve as the assassin of Shangxi Prefecture, and each of the twenty states will set up a state general, which will continue to belong to Xiaxi Prefecture and shall not be violated and annexed by each other. agreed, Mingxi swore an oath and each ceased to take a truce. If you don't agree, you're ready for a thunderous blow from the imperial court! ”

At least now it seems that Peng Shixi is very poor, and after listening to it, he fell on the boat and said, "I agree." ”

"That's it, after the oath, the official will return your seal and wife, but Shibao's wife is your daughter-in-law, give it back to him."

"Yes."

"Then that's it, tomorrow prepare for the sacrifice, go to Mingtan Covenant, and, to your subordinates, you have to make it clear that there are too many things this year, and the official has no intention of taking care of it, and by next year, the official will send officials to guide you to build roads, build water conservancy, and develop agriculture, and your life will get better and better in the future, but you must be loyal to the imperial court, if you have any grievances, you can complain, Chenzhou can't, to Jingnan Mansion, Jingnan Mansion can't do it, go to the capital, and then repeatedly, this official will not give you another chance."

So he swore an oath in Mingtan again. In fact, this new covenant has weakened Peng Renxi's rights, Zheng Lang is still not at ease, after Lei Jianfu forced to surrender in history, Peng Shixi still has thieves from time to time, and later killed by his son Peng Shicai, Peng Shicai was killed by his brother Peng Shiyan, Peng Shiyan returned to the imperial court, and the turmoil in this area ended.

Zheng Lang set out to build two forts in Shangxiamingxi, built Qian'an in Xiaxi Prefecture on the south bank of Chatan, and built Huixi City in the center of Xiaxi Prefecture in the original center, and sent troops to garrison and carry out remote control.

These measures worked very well afterwards, with the development of the second year, the accessibility of roads, the remote control of several cities, the power saving of Peng Shixi, and the differentiating role played by Peng Shibao in Shangxi Prefecture, Peng Shixi finally put away the ambition in his heart.

Because Zheng Lang has the courage to negotiate the covenant with Jiangxin, it is also known as the Beijiang Boat Alliance.

It took nearly twenty days to resolve the crisis in Ximan, and Chenguang entered the winter moon, but Zheng Lang still didn't hear the news of Zhao Niannu.

was about to leave from Huixi City in the construction service, before leaving, he turned around, and said on the other hand that Zheng Lang was brave and light, which was not good, and said positively that Zheng Lang treated him sincerely, and believed that Xiaximan would not harm him, so he stayed in Huixi City, the core area of Xiaximan, which would be of great help to gather the hearts of the people in Xiaximan.

But the truth is that Peng Shixi has not really done the idea of rebellion, without the Battle of Tongzhu, the front is defeated and retreated, the confidence is insufficient, and he is afraid in his heart, in this context, he will never dare to fight Zheng Lang Any idea. Zheng Lang's stunned attitude really made these barbarians happy.

Out of the city, looking at the green mountains and clear water not far away, the sky is approaching dusk, the scenery in this area is really good, of course, because there are many mountains, it is very difficult to live, but it is not useless, the Maojian tea here is the fine tea of the Song Dynasty.

Just as he was about to go back, a beggar in ragged clothes suddenly rushed from the forest.

At this time, Zheng Lang only had four guards by his side, and although he was a beggar, he didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly protected Zheng Lang. But Zheng Lang's eyes froze, and he suddenly pushed the guard, strode up to meet him, and asked in a trembling voice, "Liang Huaiji, why are you here?" ”

Liang Huaiji fell on the ground and cried.

Zheng Lang pulled him up and asked eagerly, "What about Your Highness?" ”……)

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