"Don't want to fight?" Yang Zhiyuan asked, "What do you mean, my lord?" ”

"Sun Chuanting is definitely not the opponent of the army, even if there is no Xu Ping, he is not either." Zhendong Hou knew that it was Liu Zongmin, and Liu Fangliang was not something that Sun Chuanting could match: "Now that the war has spread to the four provinces, if you insist on fighting, I don't know how many people will die, I have an idea, that is, to negotiate peace with Xu Ping, I will take the new army to the south, and I don't care about the affairs of the Ming Court." ”

"And then?" Yang Zhiyuan asked: "Fight with Li Chuang to rule the river?" Can this be an immortal? You won't need to fight again in the future? My lord, the people's will is difficult to change, if the adults let it go now, the Ming court will collapse in a blink of an eye, Li Chuang is encouraged by this to seize the whole country, in the future we will fight a more miserable battle, more people will die. ”

Seeing that Zhendonghou didn't speak, Yang Zhiyuan asked again: "Have you told others about this thought?" ”

Zhendonghou shook his head: "No, Zhao Slowxiong, they will definitely not agree." ”

"The subordinates also disagreed, the adults have accumulated in the south for many years, and the emperor has been perverse for more than 20 years. People of insight are looking forward to the king who can put things right, as long as the adults suppress the rebellion, and then turn against the Ming Dynasty, it is already a matter of course to open up a new dynasty, and at this juncture, adults must not damage their reputation. Yang Zhiyuan persuaded bitterly: "Now the adults are just the last step, don't hesitate." ”

"Plotting to usurp the throne, do you still want to damage your reputation?" Zhendonghou shook his head and said, "How is this possible?" ”

"But we can't damage too much, my subordinates have said before, as long as we defeat the Chuang army, then it is only a matter of one sentence if the adults want to pardon them, if the adults can't wait, don't go back to the capital division. When Kaifeng is relieved of the siege and the turmoil in the Central Plains is eliminated, the adults will immediately erect the banner on the side of the Qing monarch and pardon Li Chuang. Yang Zhiyuan still has a doubt: "Now that something happens, what should Brother He do?" In the past, it was said that he would be sent to the south before the launch, but now he has the power of the army. ”

"If I go directly to his camp, even if there is a prison army, I can take away his military power." Zhendong Hou knew that it was extremely difficult to say that He Baodao was involved in the rebellion, so this conspiracy was hidden from him from beginning to end: "There is no strong enemy on the side now, and there is time to gather the hearts of the army." ”

"After all, it is too risky, and there will inevitably be doubts in the army, and the pressure on the Shandong battlefield is indeed not great, but who dares to say that there will be no mistakes, and it is better to act after there are no worries." Yang Zhiyuan couldn't understand why Zhendonghou was so risky: "My lord, but has anything changed?" ”

"Xu Ping exchanged grain in Kaifeng, and before he also issued a declaration of return, Jin Qiude and Li Yunrui both believed that Xu Ping's love for the people was a weakness that could be exploited, and these days there are still some disgruntled scholars who have come forward to lead the people to make trouble and attack Xu Ping's various systems and regulations." No matter what kind of system, there will always be injustices, there will always be people who are hurt and victimized, and there will always be people who have resentment.

"The declaration of return to Germany was made by Sun Kewang, right?" Yang Zhiyuan didn't know these inside information, and asked with some curiosity: "How do you react to breaking into the camp?" ”

"Sun Kewang doesn't have this kind of belly, I dare to say that the declaration of Guide must have been done by Xu Ping," although everyone in the world thinks that the declaration of Guide is Sun Kewang's plan, but the Marquis of Zhendong doesn't see it that way at all: "After the accident, Sun Kewang ordered a severe crackdown, and all the troublemakers were attributed to the instigation of the imperial court." ”

"Breaking into the camp is inherently contemptuous of the scholars, and it is not surprising that they do so." Yang Zhiyuan said: "But are there any of our people among them?" ”

"No, we have so many detailed works there, and even if we do, it's too late to probe the intelligence of the camp, where are we willing to expose this kind of thing? If it weren't for the fact that Xu Ping's rules were problematic, those people would not have followed the coaxing no matter how much they incited. Zhendong Hou recounted Sun Kewang's order, which included not only threats, but also reproaches to the people, saying that they were ignorant and did not understand the difficulties in handling government affairs: "Sun Kewang said that those who make trouble and complain know how to complain about everything, but they don't know how to do things well, and they can't come up with reasonable solutions." All those who complain have ulterior motives, and those who dare to do so will be punished by the court. ”

Yang Zhiyuan felt something in his heart and asked, "Did Xu Ping cancel this order?" ”

"Yes, just a few days ago, an order was issued from the camp in Xuzhou, prohibiting the counties of Kaifeng and Guide from pursuing the complainants, and the notice of the camp - I dare to say that it must be Xu Ping's meaning, claiming that the declaration of Guide guaranteed to seek peace and health for the people under the rule of the camp, and the revenue from the camp is a kind of contract exchange, and it is unjustifiable to collect money and not do things, and the report also defended the leading scholars, saying that they were not officials in the camp, and they did not take the money issued by Xuzhou for a day. They don't need to come up with a solution to the problem, they ask for a problem and complain to the camp itself, which is trust and friendliness to the camp. The circular also warned the officials who broke into the camps in the two prefectures to appoint and dismiss them that it was reasonable for those who bought things to scold the goods for being bad, and that it was okay for those who sold things to dislike them, but it was quite unreasonable to threaten them with their lives and not allow buyers to say so. Zhendong Hou smiled bitterly: "Li Yunrui immediately formulated a number of plans, planning to fan the flames, and use this point to make a comprehensive disturbance in Henan, we must let Xu Ping go back on his word, it is best to force him to kill a group of people, even if it is worth sacrificing a few meticulous works." ”

Yang Zhiyuan thought about it, he felt that Li Yunrui probably had another meaning, that is, to give the truth to those who opposed Xu Ping inside the camp, as far as the recent situation is concerned, many people in the camp are dissatisfied with Xu Ping, and feel that in the past two years, the camp has developed greatly, and all the benefits have been taken away by Xu Ping's family. Perhaps Li Yunrui also hoped that the relationship between the Chuang army and the common people would deteriorate as a result, and every time Henan was attacked before, the new army had walked on hostile territory, which was very unfavorable to the military operations of the new army.

"Sure enough, Ci is not in charge of the soldiers." If these goals can be achieved, then it is indeed worth sacrificing some fine work, so far this is probably the weakness that Xu Ping has exposed that is most easily attacked, Yang Zhiyuan remembered some of the words that Huang Shi had said to himself over the years: "If this is really what Xu Ping meant, he seems to have some secret agreement with the views of adults." ”

"That's how I see it, the government has no right to blame the people for their dissatisfaction, and if there is one, it will be changed, and if it is not, it will be encouraged. Although I don't think Xu Ping can persevere, and I don't think I can do it, but it's amazing to think about it. However, Huang Shi didn't think that this was all Xu Ping's own creation, similar words he had written in those secretly published books, and now Huang Shi is more and more convinced that Xia Wanchun has a certain influence on Xu Ping: "Now not only my art of war, but even my way of governing the country have been learned by Xu Ping." ”

"My lord, my subordinates believe that you will be able to do it, and my subordinates believe that the new dynasty you established will be able to do so, not because your subordinates are superstitious about you, but because the words you told me persuaded your subordinates and made your subordinates convinced of this, this is why your subordinates should follow your adults to do this big thing." Yang Zhiyuan now somewhat understands why Huang Shi hesitated, because of Li Yunrui's attack on Xu Ping, Huang Shi would feel that he was attacking him, but Yang Zhiyuan knew that Huang Shi had never mentioned these things to Li Yunrui.

"Back then, you persuaded me to accept Xu Ping as a disciple, but I didn't agree, and now I regret it a little." Yang Zhiyuan's words made Huang Shi smile slightly: "It's a pity, if he does things under his hands, what a big help it will be." ”

"Anyway, everyone in the world sees it this way now," Yang Zhiyuan also smiled, what Huang Shi just said would never be realized, and now Xu Ping has killed so many Huang Shi's old friends, and these old brothers are already like the sea. Thinking of this, Yang Zhiyuan said to Huang Shi: "If the adults want to pardon Xu Ping in the future, even if all the old brothers oppose it, their subordinates will agree, but now is not the time, we still have to fight Xu Ping to the end." First, there is no need to say much about the prestige of adults. Second, the subordinates know that adults want to die less, but if they refuse to die at this time, more people will die in the future. ”

"If the dead man can definitely solve this matter, I won't hesitate, but so many people have died, and the matter in Henan is getting bigger and bigger."

"This time, we will definitely be able to defeat Xu Ping with all our might," although Yang Zhiyuan said categorically, he was not completely sure in his heart, and he assured Huang Shi: "If we still fail to destroy the Chuang army this time, my subordinates will agree to peace talks with them." ”

"Okay," Zhendonghou nodded, giving up this idea that he was also very well aware of immaturity, according to the report of the officers just now, the battle situation in Shandong will end soon: "When do you plan to attack Henan." ”

"Once Ji Huisi escapes from Shandong, we will immediately pursue him." When facing Zhendonghou, Yang Zhiyuan said his idea without concealment: "We don't have enough time at all, and our subordinates are very worried about whether Kaifeng can hold out until we arrive." ”

"Aren't you going to take a break?" Zhendonghou had not yet been to He Baodao's camp, so he first came to ask Yang Zhiyuan's opinion.

"We don't have time, Kaifeng could fall at any moment." Just now in front of the Marquis of Zhendong, Huang Xiwen expounded his views in front of everyone in the afternoon, and Yang Zhiyuan praised a few words at that time, but now Yang Zhiyuan said honestly: "The children always think things too well, and the people of Kaifeng City were willing to assist the governor of Henan to hold on, not because of how popular the governor of Henan was or the palace of the king of Zhou, but out of fear of breaking into the camp." After Xu Ping exchanged food, his subordinates estimated that the hearts of the people in the city would turn sharply to break into the camp, and everyone understood that staying in the city might be worried about their lives at any time, and leaving the city would be as safe as Mount Tai. ”

"That's it." The Marquis of Zhendong echoed approvingly: "In Kaifeng City, there must be eight immortals who cross the sea to show their magical powers, those who have money pay, and those who have friends rely on friends, trying their best to escape from the city." ”

"Yes, there are many officers and soldiers in the city who are Kaifeng's children, most of them will turn a blind eye and let these villagers out of the city, if someone pays bribes, Henan Governor Yamen said that so far only 10,000 have been exchanged, and his subordinates estimate that the people who have fled out of the city are actually countless." After a large number of people escape from the city, the morale of the militia in the city will completely collapse, as long as a large number of people believe in Xu Ping and believe that he will not slaughter the city, then the defenders who rely on fear will break into the camp privately, and the sacrifice of the city may happen at any time, Yang Zhiyuan is worried that even the generals in the city will begin to be untrustworthy: "Seeing that morale tends to collapse and the soldiers are shaken, those generals of the Bianjun army will also consider the way back." And the Jia brothers will definitely not surrender, once the city is broken, the Lan camp will be wiped out. ”

"That's true." Zhendonghou sighed with emotion: "I will rush to see Brother He tomorrow and explain to him that I have to return to Beijing." ”

"Your Excellency still wants to go back to Beijing? Don't you go to Henan with the army? ”

"I've been waiting for twenty years, and it's not bad for a day or two," with the current control of the Ming Court, Zhendong Hou is confident that he knows that he doesn't dare to do anything to himself when he goes out of Beijing privately, not to mention that there are also the teaching team and staff department of the new army near the Beijing Division, and there are thousands of troops in these two places: "It's that the elders of the pavilion are going crazy collectively and have to deal with me, am I still afraid of such a guy in the Beijing camp?" ”

……

"Why is this Dengfeng official so ridiculous?"

In front of Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing expressed his dissatisfaction, and after accepting the title, Niu Jinxing was anxious to find the county official to understand the situation, but he did not find the county official for several days. The person who sat in the court to decide the case should be the county order, but Niu Jinxing found that this person knew nothing about the affairs of the county except for judging the case, and this person was not a loyal and reliable leader of the camp - of course, this judge definitely hoped that the camp would continue to defeat the Ming army, so that he could get the money from the camp every month, but he was born as a lawyer and had not obtained any fame at all. This judge from Nanjing has no ambition in his hometown, and his original intention is to go to Henan to make money, he has no understanding of Dengfeng's government affairs and is not interested in knowing, and every day he is waiting for someone to come to the lawsuit and do a good job in the job given to him by Xu Ping.

Niu Jinxing finally figured out the terms of reference of the judge and believed that he really only had such power, so he went to the leader of the camp who commanded the county officials, but it turned out that the head of the government officials was only responsible for the county's security and training the militia and was not responsible for collecting taxes. After finding this tax collector, Niu Jinxing found that this person was actually the most powerful leader of the camp in Dengfeng County, but in addition to being extremely familiar with the roads and tax cards, he didn't know much about other aspects of Dengfeng County, and in the end, this person obviously did not meet Niu Jinxing's requirements, and he had no prestige in the hearts of the people in the county. On the contrary, this tax collector and his gang of people can be called disgusted, because they have no military power and judicial power, and the county people never give their most hated tax collector a good look.

"I think Brother Xu has governed Dengfeng very well," Li Zicheng saw that Niu Jinxing had made up his mind to completely revise Xu Ping's system, and felt that it was somewhat unnecessary: "Since everything is fine, why change it?" ”

"Your Majesty, do you want me to follow Xiao Gui Cao?" Niu Jinxing originally thought that the county official would be a meritorious person, and he was a literati like himself, and he should have a common language, and after understanding the situation clearly, he would buy the county official as his confidant, but he didn't expect that there was no meritorious county master here in Dengfeng.

"What is Xiao Gui Cao Sui?" Li Zicheng asked.

"It's nothing, it just doesn't change." Niu Jinxing said a little impatiently: "King, how can you not change it?" Now many brothers in Henan only know Xu Ping, but they don't know the king. ”

"The military advisor has said this right, since you know Brother Xu, how can you not know me?" Li Zicheng was a little unimpressed by Niu Jinxing's precautions against Xu Ping: "Now the officers and soldiers are waiting around us, but this is not the time to deal with our own people. Brother Xu's soldiers and horses were all given by me, and his name as a general was also given by me. ”

"Yes, but can the king get it back now?" Niu Jinxing wrote that he regretted agreeing with Li Zicheng to Xu Ping, the general who broke into the camp, who would have thought that the officers and soldiers would be so vulnerable, and in the past two years, no matter the Bian, Chu, or Qin armies, they were not the generals who broke into the camp. There is such a good space for development, but Xu Ping is not so important, Niu Jinxing feels that the army may not be able to deal with the new army: "It would have been nice if the Xu brothers and the guard battalion had been left by the king's side, but I really didn't expect that tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in Kaifeng Mansion would be so vulnerable." ”

……

XU Zhou,

Taking advantage of the leisure of the war, Xu Ping returned to his ruling center to inspect various government affairs. Xu Ping thought that he didn't have the talent to be hungry in this area, so he entrusted all the affairs to Gu Yanwu and them, as long as everything was running well, he wouldn't bother.

In private, Xu Ping told Gu Yanwu and Xia Wanchun about some of his worries, and he didn't explain who said what they said, but both of them understood that there was an undercurrent surging in the camp.

"It's cold in the heights." Gu Yanwu took a sip of tea and said slowly: "General Xu knows now, in the position of princes, you don't need to look for trouble, trouble will naturally come to you." ”

"Why does Mr. Gu call me a prince?"

"Because General Xu is now a prince, with military power, many subordinates, and a territory of thousands of miles, what is this not a prince?" Gu Yanwu laughed: "Back then, the old man told General Xu that the way to control chaos is not limited to the country, but the common disease of all groups. Now that we have territory, an army, and money, we will begin to intrigue. ”

"We haven't taken the world yet." Xu Ping shouted, "Why did this start?" ”

"The cycle of chaos does not begin after success, but follows like a shadow," Gu Yanwu said: "General Xu guess what the old man intends to persuade you to do?" ”

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