Chapter 347: Invisible Change

Entering the door and sitting down, Zhu Dadian got straight to the point: "Sihua, there are two things that Benxian is here, one is that the military department has an order, the exiles are trapped in Shaanzhou, Luoyang is in an emergency, the military department asked Benxian to ask, can the Dengzhou battalion send troops, and what is Sihua's strategy for suppressing thieves?" The two, this constitutional view of Dengzhou's official rule is clear, and the treasury's maintenance fee account in the money village is clear, how do you do this? ”

Chen Xie listened to these two questions, looked at Zhu Dadian differently, and said after a moment's silence: "Let's talk about the second question first, in fact, it is not what Zhongcheng saw, corruption is inevitable in any situation, but there is a difference." Dengzhou's approach is actually very simple, merchants pay taxes for the local government, and the Chamber of Commerce represents all the merchants in Denglai, and they have the right to go to the government to check their accounts every month. If there is any unclear account of the accounts, the Chamber of Commerce will immediately stop paying taxes. In view of the fact that the actual income of the officials under Denglai was much higher than that of the imperial court, it did not make much sense to stretch out their hands on maintenance expenses. This can only reduce the probability of corruption, but not eliminate it. As for the income of the tertiary industry, once the profit-seeking people are discovered, they will become the public enemy of Denglai officialdom. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is a problem of the supervision mechanism, and there is less corruption in Dengzhou, mainly because the private forces are supervising. Catching up with the household department to stop Denglai's money and food, this matter is easier to operate. ”

Well, Zhu Dadian was a little confused, as a smart person, he quickly figured out this problem. I didn't ask any more questions, but waited patiently for the next answer.

"Shaanzhou has fallen, and Luoyang is in an emergency, which does not mean that the rogue will go to Luoyang. At this stage, the Liukou did not have the ability to attack a fortified city like Luoyang. My judgment is. If the rogues want to eat, they will inevitably divide their troops and move. In the rich lands of Jiangbei and Jiangnan, there is a great possibility that the liukou will flow to the southeast. Lu Xiangsheng is the governor of Jiangbei, this person is very capable, but he is not easy to get along with. In this way, the lowly position can send a part of the troops to the south to the north of the river. The troops will be placed in Xuzhou first, and once the battle situation changes, they can reinforce Zhongdu, Chuzhou, and even Luzhou at any time. ”

Chen Xie decided to give Zhu Dadian a face, not because of how good his senses were. Rather, it's because of two things. One is the official road from Changyi to Jinan. Last year, when the United Firm came forward to contact Shandong merchants to build roads, Zhu Dadian did not oppose private funding to build roads. Chen Xie was very surprised by this. The original plan was to take cinders to pad the road, and Zhu Dadian promised that he could repair it with great fanfare. The second problem is the issue of personal vendettas. Chen Xie did not intend to give Lu Xiangsheng the credit for defeating Gao Yingxiang in the Battle of Chuzhou. Although this product is a rare capable minister in the late Ming Dynasty. But Chen Xie still doesn't like his position that civil servants must control military generals, but it is Zhu Dadian who agrees to do things better with civil officials like Zhu Dadian.

What Zhu Dadian thinks in his heart, Chen Xie doesn't care about it now. One mind to run Denglai. Let out a devil called capital. Follow your own ideas, step by step, to change the country. Denglai is not big, and many things are easy to figure out, but Daming is too big, and many things are difficult to take into account.

"Xuzhou?" Zhu Dadian hesitated, he had a personal relationship with Zhang Guowei, the governor of Nanzhili, and wanted to persuade Chen Xie to go directly to Zhongdu or Taiping Mansion to garrison the army. This order of the military department is very strange, and after Zhu Dadian pondered it carefully, he felt that it was the meaning of His Majesty. Since it is the meaning of majesty, then don't make extraneous branches. Chen Xie's deployment is not to be faulty.

In fact, Zhu Dadian is a very strong civil official, but in Denglai, it is like a deep quagmire, and he can't use his power at all. To put it mildly, the current situation in Denglai, even if all the governors of various prefectures, prefectures, and counties resign, will not affect the normal operation of local government affairs. It's scary to think about, it's only been a few years since Chen Xie came out.

The change in Denglai is mainly due to the cooperation of Sun Yuanhua, the governor, which Zhu Dadian has not yet figured out. The changes were all little by little, and when the power of the capitalist group was sufficient, it caught up with the weakening of the Ming government's control over the localities. Under the joint efforts of many people, Denglai, the freak of the Ming Dynasty, was born. In essence, the rights of the officials at all levels under the governor of Denglai have been hollowed out by local interest groups, and under the inducement of Chen Xie, the leader, they have slowly become what they are now.

If there is no benefit, no one will go up the pole to do it. In the territory of Denglai, the benefit of the gentry and merchant groups is that the binding force and control of the local government over them are weakened, otherwise who is willing to pay this maintenance fee. There is a prerequisite that is necessary, and that is the existence of the Dengzhou battalion, an armed forces group. This powerful force is the waist pole of change.

Facing Chen Xie's inquiring eyes, Zhu Dadian still nodded and said, "Then Xuzhou, this will not affect the pressure of the Dongjiang side on Jiannu, right?" Chen Xie shook his head and said: "Of course not, Lushun is an ice-free port, and the Bohai Bay in winter is frozen, which does not affect Dengzhou's reinforcement of the Dongjiang River at all." As he spoke, he took out a map, pointed to the map, and said: "Dongjiang Town is Fuzhou in front of the Liaodong Rush, and the garrison has more than 5,000 people from Li Weiluan and other departments, plus more than 6,000 people from Wang Qinian, and Shen Shikui has more than 3,000 soldiers on Phi Island, so there must be no problem in terms of defense." The cavalry of the Dengzhou battalion did not go south, but remained in their hands, and as long as the Jiannu moved, they could land in Lushun at any time and harass the enemy's rear. ”

The purpose of the Ming Dynasty to set up the Denglai General Army was twofold, one was to block the sea and not to call Jiannu Pian Fan to go to the sea. The second is to harass behind enemy lines. Chen Xie has done both of these things very well. The governor doesn't have to worry about it at all. As far as political achievements are concerned, there is no need to do anything every day, and Zhu Dadian's high-quality achievements are indispensable.

If you have to talk about the unpleasant place, it is the desire to control the place.

Zhu Dadian was not verbose, and after confirming that Chen Xie was willing to send troops, his task was completed. As for the rest, even if he wants to toss now, he doesn't have that condition. Impeachment is useful, Chen Xie has already been beheaded hundreds of times. Zhu Dadian had already seen clearly that Chen Xie was self-respecting by supporting the army. Just casually, it is a force of 15,000 people in Dongjiang Town. Look at the newspaper in the palace, how many officers and soldiers are in Lu Xiangsheng's hands? The strength of the host and guest troops in Huguang is only 18,000. With this little force in his hand, but he refuses to use the Dengzhou battalion, this Lu Jiandou is really tough. Chen Xie didn't deal with him, so he didn't want to go to Huguang, and it was certainly a good choice to be stationed in Xuzhou. As for the question of whether Lu Jiandou will be in trouble in the future and whether Chen Xie can save him, then let's talk about it. It's not Zhu Dadian's concern.

People are like this, Zhu Dadian, who left the courtyard, thought in his heart that it would be best to make money quickly, and to be able to grasp local power without too much effort. Obviously, this is not a very realistic thing to do. In general, it is better to be in Denglai than in Shandong. Those soldiers in Shandong really don't know what to say, and they only practice once in ten days and half a month.

Once again, when the end of the year was approaching, the Dengzhou battalion moved quickly. This time, Chen Xie changed the pursuit tactics of the cavalry last time, and mobilized three A-shaped battalions, one B-shaped battalion, and the first cavalry battalion. The first four battalions took the first step, and Chen Xie stayed in Dengzhou to deal with important tasks, and led the cavalry battalion south before the end of the year.

At the end of the year, Zhang Xianzhong and Gao Yingxiang were defeated by Zu Kuan and Lu Xiangsheng respectively, and the losses were not too large. But other rogues, Luo Rucai, Quanjie Wang, Zhang Fatzi, Scorpion Block, etc., are still raging in Henan, Huguang and other places. The tide of the war did not improve significantly.

The Dengzhou battalion, which was carrying a large number of military supplies, left Denglai and slowly moved south. After walking for half a month, the vanguard troops arrived in Xuzhou, and the local government did not allow them to enter the city, and the Dengzhou battalion, which was already accustomed to this phenomenon, did not have the slightest intention of making trouble. Set up camp outside the city and wait for the follow-up troops.

The vanguard is a battalion with a character of A, and the commander is the garrison Lin Ya, who is the battalion officer according to the internal duties of the Dengzhou battalion. There has been no change in the establishment of the A-shaped battalion, and the total number of arms is a little more than 2,000, but the combat effectiveness is no less than that of a B-shaped battalion. The second battalion of Jiazi, which arrived one step first, was usually stationed in Laizhou, and this trip was fully manned, and after arriving at the periphery of Xuzhou, they turned back and erected pontoon bridges on both sides of the Yellow River. The Yellow River at the end of the Ming Dynasty passed through here. The current technology of building bridges over the river cannot be solved, and the only way to do this is to erect pontoon bridges.

Seeing that it is about to be in the middle of the month, and troops will be sent to Xuzhou, the Dengzhou battalion wants to say that there is no grievance, which is false. However, this resentment naturally dissipated after Chen Xie announced that he would rush to Xuzhou a year ago. Regarding Chen Xie's reply to send troops to Xuzhou, Zhu Youzhen seemed to attach great importance to it. The most important thing is the possible route of the Liukou proposed by Chen Xie. The tactics of the thieves coercing the people and eating on the move determined that the thieves must find a place to eat. That place in Shaanxi has been washed by thieves countless times, and it will definitely not last long to be trapped in Shaanxi. To be honest, Chen Xie's purpose in reminding Zhu Youzhen is in it, and whether he can understand it depends on Zhu Youzhen's own ability. The best strategy to suppress thieves should be to intercept the thieves and prevent them from re-entering the Central Plains. At least we can't let the thieves sack Jiangbei again. It's a pity that the cabinet officials, officials and magistrates of the Ming Dynasty who presided over the suppression of thieves were definitely a group of pig teammates.

It's just a group of pig teammates, and there is a boss named Zhu Youzhen, who can't wait to wake up and the world will be peaceful.

Chen Xie came to Xuzhou before the Spring Festival, and he also did not enter the city. The local officials didn't have time to hide from Chen Xie, so they would take the initiative to greet him. Anyway, the military discipline of the Dengzhou camp was too good to look at directly, and the magistrates were happy to station them outside the city, forming a large spontaneous market in the surrounding area of a wild place that was originally not popular. It's almost the same rhythm wherever the Dengzhou battalion goes.

Chen Xie rushed to Xuzhou on the thirtieth day of the lunar month, and his buttocks were not hot, so he received an urgent letter sent by Lu Xiangsheng, and Gao Yingxiang was running eastward. Zhang Xianzhong, Liu Guoneng, and Shaking the Sky are also in the East movement. Luzhou is in an emergency, Jiangbei is in an emergency. Lu Xiangsheng, who is sitting in Fengyang, has a huge problem, that is, there is no food and salary, and there are not many troops in his hands. At this time, Lu Xiangsheng had the mentality of trying it out and sent a letter to Chen Xie. This can be regarded as a change for Lu Xiangsheng.

When he saw this urgent item, Chen Xie couldn't help but feel the huge inertia of history. If the Dengzhou camp didn't go, Lu Xiangsheng would still win this battle, and he won it very beautifully. It's a pity that his Tianxiong army, which has followed him to fight all these years, has suffered huge losses but has not replenished. (To be continued......)