The governor of Huguang, Fang Kongzhi, was waiting in Wuchang Mansion.

Zheng Xunrui was awarded the title of King of Xiang, Prince Taishi, and Wenyuan Pavilion Scholar, which is already the treatment of the first assistant of the cabinet, and he did not enter the capital, but continued to serve as the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department.

Fang Kongzhi didn't understand very well, just when Zheng Xunrui led the army from Nanjing, Qian Shisheng wrote a letter, telling Fang Kongzhi to do everything possible to prevent Zheng Xunrui from interfering with the affairs of Huguangmin's livelihood, that is to say, Zheng Xunrui was responsible for exterminating the Liukou, and he couldn't ask about other things.

This made Fang Kongzhi a little relieved, and he also realized the mystery, it turned out that the emperor had enshrined Zheng Xunrui everything, but he was just thinking of using the Zheng family army to exterminate the Liukou and help the imperial court stabilize the situation in the north.

Zheng Xunrui led the army into Huguang to exterminate some of the rogues who were still in Huguang, he must have asked about Huguang-related matters, and it was not so simple to stop it, after thinking about it for a long time, Fang Kongzhi had a way to deal with it.

Zheng Xunrui took Xu Jikuang and Li Yan into Wuchang Mansion, while Zheng's army was stationed outside the city.

Fang Kongzhi did not wait outside the governor's yamen, and he couldn't see the officials sent by the governor's yamen at the city gate, such a formation made Xu Jikuang and others very angry, after all, Zheng Xunrui was already the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and his status was noble, no matter from which aspect, Fang Kongzhi needed to wait outside the governor's yamen.

What's even more interesting is that the governor is heavily guarded outside the yamen, and Zheng Xunrui and others still have to wait outside the yamen.

Zheng Xunrui always had a smile on his face, and he didn't care about all this, Xu Jikuang, Li Yan and the others couldn't help it. reprimanded the sergeant who was waiting outside the yamen.

"Xu Jikuang, Li Yan, don't lose your temper with these sergeants, they are just acting on orders."

"Lord Wang, my subordinates understand, but this lord has also gone too far. What's the big deal, thinking that the court is the world of the Donglin Party, it can be so lawless. ”

Zheng Xunrui smiled slightly, he had already thought of a way to deal with Fang Kongzhi, at this time, it was not a big deal to let Fang Kongzhi show off, doing things depends on the result, and there is no need to care too much about the process.

Entering the governor's yamen, the governor took Zheng Xunrui and others towards the lobby.

Fang Kongzhi was really waiting in the lobby.

I saw Zheng Xunrui and others enter the lobby. Fang Kongzhi stood up and bowed to Zheng Xunrui.

"The lower official has seen the prince, and the lower official is on official business, and he neglected the prince, and I ask the prince to forgive me."

Fang Kongzhi sat at the top of the lobby, just stood up and saluted, and had no intention of coming down, so Zheng Xunrui and the others could only sit at the bottom.

Such a practice is very rare. But I can't find fault with it, people are business-like.

Zheng Xunrui had a smile on his face. Didn't sit down at the bottom of the head.

"Lord Fang, this king is ordered by the emperor to exterminate the Liukou, you must also know that according to the rules, the army led by this king needs 5,000 stones of grain and grass, please Lord Fang to prepare it within three days. If it is delayed, this king will not be polite, in addition, this king has eliminated Zhang Xianzhong and his subordinates this time, and the battle plan has been clear. Once the grain and grass are raised, the king will lead a large army into Henan or Sichuan, and this rogue entrenched in Yunyang Mansion will ask Lord Fang to lead the army of Huguangwei to exterminate ......"

Fang Kongzhi stared at Zheng Xunrui with wide eyes, his posture today was very clear, he saw Zheng Xunrui in the lobby of the governor's yamen, and he was wearing an official uniform, which was to tell Zheng Xunrui that he Fang Kongzhi was the governor of Huguang and was responsible for everything in Huguang, and Zheng Jiajun just entered Huguang to exterminate the Liukou, and don't ask about the rest of the things.

Unexpectedly, Zheng Xunrui asked him to lead the army to exterminate the rogue entrenched in Yunyang, in this case, why should he ask the governor Yamen to provide grain and grass, this is obviously embarrassing for the governor of Huguang Yamen.

"What the prince means, the lower officials don't understand very well, this grain and grass needs to be provided by the governor's yamen, but this matter of exterminating the rogue in Huguang needs to be responsible for itself, I don't know if the lower officials understand it correctly."

"Lord Fang, your understanding is not wrong, this king also wants to tell you one thing, if you can't completely exterminate the rogues entrenched in Yunyang Mansion, this king suggests that you don't sit in the position of the governor, and go to the capital to ask for guilt, Zhang Xianzhong and the main force of the rogue under his command have entered Sichuan, and the only one entrenched in Yunyang is a small part of the rogues, as the governor of Huguang, you are responsible for the safety of one party on behalf of the imperial court, if you can't ensure that the people of Huguang live a peaceful and peaceful life, you can't exterminate a small group of rogues, Timid, always thinking about your own glory and wealth, what is the use of the court wanting an official like you. ”

"This, how can the prince say this, the lower official is the official of the imperial court, and the merits and demerits are evaluated by the emperor and the court, and the lower official is bold, but he wants to say that the prince is in accordance with the emperor's holy decree to exterminate the rogues, if he can't calm the situation in Henan, Shanxi, Huguang and Sichuan, then he will live up to the emperor's trust."

Zheng Xunrui's face instantly became serious.

"Lord Fang, you are also an official of the imperial court, you have served as the governor of Huguang for a long time, and you can be regarded as a prince, how can you not understand such a simple truth, the emperor requires this king to be responsible for the extermination of the Liukou, then the provincial capitals and counties where the Liukou are entrenched, they must obey the dispatch of this king, if anyone dares to disobey the dispatch, this king can act cheaply on behalf of the emperor, and it is okay to kill people."

Fang Kongzhi looked at Zheng Xunrui and was dumbfounded.

Zheng Xunrui's reasoning does exist, and the operational deployment of ambushes on all sides and four squares and six corners proposed by Yang Sichang, a cabinet minister and secretary of the Ministry of War, was to require the governors of the provinces involved to obey the dispatch of Sun Chuanting, the governor of the five provinces, but from the actual situation, it is impossible for the governors of the provinces to completely obey the orders.

This is also one of the important reasons for the failure of the battle to exterminate the Liukou.

Sun Chuanting is far from being able to compare with Zheng Xunrui, and said politely, Zheng Xunrui does what he says, don't say that he is the governor of Huguang, Fang Kongzhi, even if he is a cabinet minister, if he does not obey the order, Zheng Xunrui will dare to do it, and it is certain that after Zheng Xunrui makes a move, the emperor is afraid that he will be helpless.

"Lord Fang, is there something wrong with this king?"

Fang Kongzhi wiped the sweat droplets from his forehead, hesitated and spoke.

"What the prince said is right, this provides 5,000 stone of grain, and the lower officials will handle it immediately, but the matter of exterminating the Yunyang Liukou is really beyond the power of the lower officials......

"Lord Fang, this king just said, if you can't keep the peace of one party, then you will automatically go to the capital to ask for guilt, this king is responsible for exterminating the rogue, there are many difficulties, if you encounter any difficulties, can you report to the emperor, saying that there is no way, you can't do it."

Fang Kongzhi's body trembled slightly, he finally felt that those who came were not good and those who were good did not come.

However, this officialdom is not a big deal, as long as he can stabilize the situation in Wuchang Mansion and Xiangyang Mansion and other places, and ensure that there are no problems in these places, as for whether he needs to lead a large army to exterminate the rogues in Yunyang, that is another matter, even if Zheng Xunrui is to blame at that time, he can also ask for help from Qian Shisheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, including the emperor.

"The prince's order, the subordinate has written it down."

Zheng Xunrui turned around and left, not staying for a minute longer, all he wanted was Fang Kongzhi's words.

In fact, Fang Kongzhi is a little more sober, he should stick to the previous meaning, that is, it is difficult to exterminate the Liukou in Yunyang, in that case, Zheng Xunrui can only reprimand him fiercely, so that Fang Kongzhi's face is unbearable, he really wants to pull Fang Kongzhi off the horse, it still can't be done with this reason, but Fang Kongzhi promised to exterminate the Liukou, if he can't do it then, then he Zheng Xunrui has a sufficient reason.

"Lord Wang, his subordinates think that it is impossible for Lord Fang to go to Yunyang to exterminate the Liukou, if he could do this, he would have done it a long time ago, and he just promised it, but it was just to deal with the prince."

Zheng Xunrui looked at Xu Jikuang, nodded and spoke.

"I know Fang Kongzhi's attitude to deal with it, but his perfunctory attitude won't work in front of me, I wish he could deal with it, he wants to really go to exterminate the rogue, and I can't handle many things yet."

"My lord, is the Zheng family army entering Sichuan immediately and ignoring Ai Nengqi stationed in Yunyang for the time being."

"Of course, it is Fang Kongzhi's business to exterminate Ai Nengqi, why should Zheng Jiajun do it, once he gets the grain and grass, the army will immediately start and directly enter the Kuizhou Mansion in Sichuan."

Fang Kongzhi's movements were very fast, and in just two days, five thousand stones of grain and grass were transported.

Zheng Jinhong received the grain and grass on behalf of Zheng Jiajun.

Just after dawn the next day, Zheng Jiajun left Wuchang Mansion and headed in the direction of Sichuan.

After Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun left, Fang Kongzhi hurriedly wrote a letter to Qian Shisheng, informing him of what happened in Huguang, especially talking about Zheng Xunrui's request, of course, Fang Kongzhi did not take this matter too seriously, Xiong Wencan, the governor of the five provinces, led a large army to be stationed in Xiangyang Mansion, and when there was no way, please Xiong Wencan lead the army to attack the Liukou in Yunyang, as for whether it can completely exterminate the Liukou, that is another statement.

Xiong Wencan has always been stationed in Xiangyang Mansion, seeing Zhang Xianzhong lead a large number of rogues into Kuizhou, Sichuan, but he didn't dare to come out to fight, there were only more than 50,000 soldiers under his command, and Zhang Xianzhong's rogues were close to 100,000, and the huge disparity in the number made Xiong Wencan extremely cautious.

It is said that there are less than 20,000 rogues left in Yunyang, Xiong Wencan can attack and conquer, but Xiong Wencan thinks that Li Zicheng in Henan and Zhang Xianzhong who entered Huguang are huge threats, once he leads the army into Yunyang to fight, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong immediately return to help, then he faces the danger of annihilation.

The relationship between Xiong Wencan and Fang Kongzhi is very good, which makes Fang Kongzhi even more confident. (To be continued.) )