Zhao Mengqi's heavy profits made Chen Wei very satisfied.

It is not that Chen Wei himself is greedy for money, but that he must fight for the interests of the part of the gentry he represents.

The Chen family is a local family, Chen Wei's great-grandfather and grandfather have been given to the Taifu, and his father has been given to the Taishi, although they are not actually taught during his lifetime, but it can also be said to be the "Fourth World and Three Princes".

Therefore, there are many protégés of the Chen family, and their influence among the Fujian gentry is very important, especially the Fuzhou gentry, who are mostly headed by the Chen family.

Since he is the "boss", it has become the natural obligation of the Chen family to protect the younger brother, not to mention that Chen Wei's nature is relatively short-sighted.

Zhao Mengqi did not have any ill feelings towards Chen Wei because of this, after all, the economy is the fundamental foundation of politics, and only with common interests can a solid alliance or group be formed.

If you only use empty words and righteous ideals to let others obey your command and serve you, you are either a madman or a liar.

"The scholar must have made up his mind about the thief." Zhao Mengqi looked at Chen Wei with a smile.

The price is negotiated, so naturally we have to start working.

Chen Wei took out the silk map from his sleeve pocket, opened it and spread it on the table, "The old minister has some humble opinions for His Highness's reference."

Zhao Mengqi looked at the map, this is a whole map of Fujian, but also includes some areas of neighboring Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Guangdong, drawn in great detail, mountains, rivers, cities and roads are clear and distinct.

There are also various line symbols marked on it, and Zhao Mengqi can't understand it, thinking that it is Chen Wei's exclusive technique.

Chen Wei said slowly, "Although this thief rebellion was deliberately triggered, most of the people in Fujian are already struggling to make a living, and although there has been no major chaos in recent years, small bandits are scattered everywhere."

"In fact, these bandits don't really make a living by robbery, most of them are looking for some horns and corners in the mountains to cultivate and cultivate to avoid taxes, and some people are living in the mountains and relying on Shanyao to make a living."

"As far as Lao Chen knows, the source of this turmoil in Ninghua County is because Zou Jin, the county governor, strictly demanded the summer tax of farmers this year and the arrears accumulated in previous years, and used extremely cruel methods, resulting in more than 20 people being shackled to death in front of the ya, which caused public anger."

In fact, the tax rate set by the imperial court is not heavy, even if some miscellaneous names are added, the average landed people can barely bear it.

The terrible thing is that many of the people have had their fields annexed, but they still have to pay the original taxes, and where they can afford to pay them, they can only hang them on the tax books.

The imperial court also knows the truth, and in addition to reluctantly accepting measures that have not been resolved, most local officials will not seriously urge them to pay, and they can explain to the court anyway with arrears.

For this kind of arrears, the imperial court does not expect to really collect them, and usually finds an excuse to exempt them every once in a while as a sign of grace.

The destitute people don't care much about the debts they have on their heads, and they can live day by day.

But Ninghua Zhixian's head was suddenly caught by the door, and he insisted on taking these debts seriously, and even forced out his life, isn't this not giving people the slightest way to live?

"There are also people who spread rumors among the people, saying that the meridian realm you want to implement is actually to increase taxes, and to include the land cultivated by the people in the mountains, as well as all the Yao villages, into the tax book, and Fu Jin did send officials to each Yao village to ask for tribute, as if to confirm these rumors."

"Shanyao's Daliao main Panjia is in Ninghua County, and I don't know if it has been instigated by other instigations, so he raised the anti-flag anyway, united the Han people who were cornered and more than a dozen bandit villages, and captured Ninghua County in one fell swoop."

"Shan Yao?" Zhao Mengqi was a little puzzled. z.br>

Immediately, Chen Wei briefly explained.

Shan Yao are non-Han mountain people who live in the Wuyi Mountain Range, which stretches for nearly a thousand miles, and make a living by farming and hunting.

Their agricultural level is relatively backward, they are still in the stage of slash-and-burn farming, and they do not know how to maintain the fertility of the fields, so usually after a few years of cultivation in one place, they have to move to another place.

This leaves them with the choice of living in small groups, scattered across vast mountains, often for hundreds of miles

All the enclosures are jointly honored with a large liao lord.

The Song Dynasty generally had a policy of restraint on ethnic minorities, neither directly managing nor collecting taxes, the so-called "Yao people do not serve, and She fields are not taxed".

Shanyao and Hermes-Epitek also get along quite harmoniously, often exchanging prey mountain goods for salt, iron and cloth, if you ignore the level of production, Shanyao, who does not pay taxes, has a slightly easier life than many Hermes-Epitek.

As a production tool, the knife is basically worn by every Shanyao, and it is often hunting, so it still has considerable combat effectiveness.

And Shanyao is also very resistant, every time there is a rebellion in Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi regions, they are there, and even the main force.

In addition, all the mountain Yao were in the same breath, which became one of the main reasons for the rapid spread of this chaos.

After learning this, Zhao Mengqi thought of the anti-Yuan She army that had been fighting in three ways and persisting for more than ten years in history, and felt a little tricky.

"This mountain Yao is a bit difficult to deal with when he climbs over the mountains and mountains."

Chen Wei nodded and shook his head, "Although the chaos was ignited by Shan Yao, Shan Yao is not the core, and Shan Yao is relatively simple in nature, without too much ambition and extravagance, through appropriate appeasement, they will settle down."

Hearing this, Zhao Mengqi relaxed a little, after all, Chen Wei has rich experience and achievements in this area.

Chen Wei continued, "The root cause of the chaos is that the landless people have accumulated too much dissatisfaction, and then they have been systematically fanned and deliberately indulged, so the trend of burning the prairie has been formed."

"It's not difficult to simply extinguish the thieves, just five thousand elite soldiers need to crush them one by one, after all, most of the bandits are civilians who are forced to cling, and they are powerless to confront the official army."

"However, there are many mountains in Fujian, and it is difficult to achieve complete encirclement and suppression, and the backbone of the bandits can easily escape into the mountains and forests, evade the pursuit and suppression of the officials and soldiers, and lurk and recuperate with the support of some powerful people, and wait for the officials and troops to leave, and then go out of the mountains again to make trouble and poison the place."

"Therefore, the old minister's suggestion is to adopt the policy of suppressing and appeasing at the same time, first control and defend the important land, curb its momentum, and avoid it from spreading to the two Zhejiang, and then gradually advance, forcing it to gather sand into piles, and finally catch it all in one go!"

Zhao Mengqi's eyes lit up when he heard this, "What do you mean, hunting?"

His comprehension surprised Chen Wei a little, and he couldn't help but praise it, "It is precisely like this, the mountainous area of Fujian is not conducive to sweeping, but it is also because of the mountainous area, which makes the direction in which the large-scale thief army can move is limited."

"Lao Chen's initial plan is that the 10,000 soldiers and horses that His Highness arrived in advance will leave 2,000 in Fuzhou in case of emergency, 8,000 along the Min River, and 3,000 will be divided on the way to solve the Gutian thief army, 5,000 will continue to advance to Nanjianzhou, leaving 2,000 to control the local situation, and 3,000 will go north to Jianning Mansion to sweep away the thieves, and after the Gutian affair is settled, these 3,000 soldiers and horses will reinforce Nanjianzhou, and the camera will enter and control Shunchang and Shaxian."

"At the same time, please send an order to the troops on standby in Lin'an, and order them to send 10,000 soldiers and horses to Raozhou, and then enter the Jiangxi Road Jianchang Army Ganzhou Line to stand by and block the path of the bandits to the west."

"Then the remaining troops of Lin'an rushed directly to Quanzhou by sea, and emptied the thief army in Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, and at this time, Fujian began to press into the Zhaowu army all the way to the north, and pressed all the way into Tingzhou in the south, if nothing else, the chaos could be pacified within the year!"

This is only a rough outline, and the specific deployment is naturally much more complicated and detailed.

There is no need to question Chen Wei's talent as a general, Zhao Mengqi nodded frequently after listening, "The Bachelor's strategy is very good, I would like to ask the Bachelor to serve as the Chief of Staff of the Jiedu Mansion, responsible for the commander-in-chief of the operation to quell the rebellion, even if it is me, I will obey the command of the Bachelor."

The term staff officer has been around for a long time, so the term chief of the general staff is not difficult to understand.

Chen Wei couldn't help but be stunned, although the words of commanding King Yan could be regarded as a joke, but the meaning of completely entrusting the power was very serious and obvious.

"Your Highness, you trust the old minister so much?"

Zhao Mengqi smiled frankly, "If even an old minister like you can't be trusted, what hope does the Great Song have at all?"

In fact, this is not only trusting Chen Wei, but also trusting the troops he created.

"This time, we do not pursue timeliness, but more importantly, we can completely solve the source of chaos! And, if possible,

I'll try to let my Dunback experience as much as possible."

"The old minister will do his best, and he will live up to His Highness's trust!"

The so-called death of a confidant, although Chen Wei has already seen through the world at this age, he is still a little moved in his heart.

Subsequently, Old Man Chen was not ambiguous, and he didn't even return home, and immediately adjusted and enriched the command center on the basis of the command structure that Zhao Mengqi had already built.

And the Chen family was also under his instructions, running around to mobilize the Fuzhou gentry.

After these gentry learned of the benefit promise made by King Yan, they all enthusiastic, not only providing a large amount of money, food and manpower, but also probing the enemy's situation through their own channels, and then gathered in the southeast Jiedu Mansion.

At this time, Chen Wei discovered the peculiarity of the shogunate, or the staff group, King Yan.

In addition to the young and middle-aged generals with rich practical experience, there are more than 30 jinshi, including the champion of the new department, and the clerks are also capable veterans, which is simply extravagant and unreasonable.

They do their job, they work efficiently and precisely, and the situation of the entire army is compiled into a detailed book, and any details that need to be understood can be provided in a short time.

They can also quickly refine the details of any order issued, refine the steps, send them to the corresponding units for implementation, and regularly monitor and feedback the progress.

They will cross-compare, strictly analyze, and then make relevant calculations and present them on a map or sand table.

In just three days, the large sand table composed of four five-foot square small sand tables showed the general appearance of Fujian Road in front of Chen Wei's eyes, and the small flags of various colors and shapes on it and the representatives of the intuitive image made people feel that they were in control of all things in Fujian.

Chen Wei looked at it with interest for a long time, then picked up the slender pole and clicked on a black doll outside the state city of Nanjianzhou, "What does this villain mean?"

Lu Xiufu, a member of the war intelligence team, glanced at the numbers marked on the puppet, and after a little thought, he opened his mouth to report.

"The enemy's 307 department, the leader of the bandits, Zheng Huasi, a native of Shaxian, set up a village in Laibaoshan about seven years ago, and there are about 300 old bandits under his command, and a month ago he merged with a group of more than 80 smugglers of salt, first plundered Longquan Silver Field, and coerced more than 400 miners into the gang, and then ransacked all the way from Shaxian County to Nanjianzhou, once approached the city, was shot back by the defenders, and then has been wandering outside the city, its troops have swelled to about 23,000 people, and the weapons equipped may have ...... The information will be updated on August 20."

Lu Xiufu quickly memorized it, and then looked at the notepad and checked it himself.

Chen Wei clicked a few more casually, and Lu Xiufu was able to report the corresponding situation quickly, and they were all memorized, if it wasn't for the sake of prudence, he could throw away the notepad.

"A talented man has a limitless future!" Chen Wei couldn't help but praise loudly.

Zhao Mengqi on the side said with a smile, "Praise of the bachelor, they must be worthy of it, Neng Toad Palace Zhegui is the dragon and phoenix among the people, after training in the military academy, although he may not be able to lead troops to fight, but he also has a certain understanding of military affairs, and he is still competent for this paper homework."

Chen Wei laughed happily, "Hahaha, for the first time in the 50 years that the old minister has been involved in the military, I feel that he can strategize so easily, he doesn't need to worry about trivial matters at all, he only needs to concentrate on thinking about strategy and tactics......

"P. Thank you for the reminder of the "Midway" reward, and the reminder suggestion of "a little sweet" I also saw it, I worked hard, I may not necessarily have more chapters, but try to write a little more per chapter, and thank you to all the book friends for their support."