Yang Sichang has been in the sea for a long time, and the questions he asks will naturally not be untargeted.

When he was under Hong Chengchou's account, Chen Wang could be said to have no understanding of many unspoken rules and hidden words of officialdom, so it affected his career.

However, after Cao Wenzhao's suggestions and teachings, and then under Sun Chuanting's command, Chen Wang gradually understood the rules and potential rules of the official.

Yang Sichang had definitely learned the news of the collapse of the situation in Henan Province at this time, and intended to send him to counterinsurgency, otherwise he would not have said so much to him.

Chen Wang knew very well that his subsequent answer would largely determine Yang Sichang's arrangements for him.

Chen Wang's mind is sensitive, and he has already typed the draft before, so in a short blink of an eye, he has already thought of the wording.

"The last general sent an envoy to recruit him, promising that if he chose to recruit him, he would forgive him for his rebellion and protect his family and soldiers, but he did not promise him any official position."

Chen Wang bowed his head slightly and replied respectfully.

"To recruit an Liukou, once an official is conferred, he must be approved by the cabinet department, and the last general does not have such authority, so naturally he cannot be exceeded."

Chen Wang saw that the sadness between Yang Sichang's original eyebrows had dissipated a lot, and there was also a slight smile on his face, and his heart was relieved.

Yang Sichang's city is extremely deep, and his joy and anger are easily invisible, but now it is revealed, and it is also a signal.

Chen Wang knew that his words must have captured Yang Sichang's psychology.

"The king of Hanzhong Town under your command has suffered heavy losses, and the infantry is easy to train, but the cavalry is rare, Wang Guoning was originally the head of the seventy-two battalions of Liukou, and the elite cavalry under his command is also considered to be the best cavalry, which just makes up for the shortcomings of the cavalry under your command now."

Yang Sichang restrained his smile, raised his right hand and pressed the lid of the teacup in his hand, and said in a calm voice.

"Wang Guoning was awarded as a general when he surrendered in the past, but now he has rebelled and surrendered, and it is naturally impossible to award a general again, so he will be awarded a guerrilla for the time being, and the subsequent promotion depends on his military exploits."

Chen Wang responded to the order and replied loudly.

"Obey the orders of the Cabinet Headquarters."

Yang Sichang put down the teacup in his hand.

Regarding Chen Wang's recruitment of Wang Guoning, Yang Sichang did not have the slightest dissatisfaction.

Chen Wang took the initiative to bring up this matter, and he did things in a very measured manner, and did not do anything other than the regulations.

In Yang Sichang's view, the increased combat power of the army under Chen Wang's command is still beneficial to himself.

Chen Wang is obedient and loyal, can fight well, knows the progress, and can be said to be a rare subordinate.

The camps and towns of the southern provinces have different thoughts, and the generals and schools are also stubborn, and they often do not cooperate with each other, and even hinder each other.

And more importantly, heavy generals such as Zuo Liangyu have even shown signs of supporting their own troops, which is difficult to control.

If you want to exterminate the Liukou, you also need to rely on generals such as Zuo Liangyu and Zu Dabi.

For these generals, it is not easy to deal with them at this stage.

If one is not handled well and forced to rebel, the situation in the entire southern country will inevitably collapse even more, and the responsibility for forcing the rebel generals will also need to be borne by people.

Not to mention him Yang Sichang, even any governor or governor can't bear this responsibility.

Now the situation in the south is complicated, Chen Wang is loyal, and because it is recommended by Cao Wenzhao, the relationship between the two sides is added.

Yang Sichang has begun to gradually regard Chen Wang as a confidant.

Chen Wang's strength has been strengthened, in Yang Sichang's opinion, first, he can use Chen Wang to suppress the generals under his command, and secondly, Chen Wang's strength is strengthened, so he can deal with more troublesome things.

Speaking of which, if it weren't for Chen Wang's successive contributions, Yang Sichang wouldn't have known how to explain the battle situation in the south to Chongzhen.

The situation in the south of the country deteriorated, and the attacks in the British and Huoshan areas were fruitless for a long time, and Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai fled into Sichuan Province one after another.

Just as Chen Wang thought, Yang Sichang is not only anxious because Luo Rucai escaped, but also distressed by the chaotic situation in Henan.

Just a few days ago, there was another unfavorable news from Henan.

The civil uprising in Henan intensified, and the officers and soldiers who attacked and suppressed were defeated again, which made Yang Sichang sad.

In addition to Li Yan in Henan, there are more than a dozen large and small forces entrenched in various parts of the province, and the failure of the officers and soldiers to suppress them has made the momentum of these rebel forces increase day by day.

The once sporadic firelight is gradually converging into a prairie fire.

Under the leadership of Li Yan, the peasant army of Qixian won another victory, defeated the officers and soldiers of the army, and then marched west to Lian Pozhou County, and the prestige was in full swing.

Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, was even reprimanded by the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven sent an edict to Yang Sichang to stabilize the situation in Henan.

At present, the situation in Henan cannot be solved by relying on the situation in Henan Province alone.

The failure of the second offensive of the army in Henan Province made the already not rich troops even more stretched.

It made the civil uprising in Henan Province more boiling, difficult to clean up, and the situation further collapsed.

The main reason for the intensification of the popular uprising in Henan was that the Shaanxi troops returned to Shaanxi, resulting in weak troops and inability to suppress them.

The secondary reason is that after the beginning of spring of the following year, the drought situation not only did not alleviate much, but worsened the situation, and the people who had been resettled had no choice but to flee again.

The inability of the imperial court to provide disaster relief, the rise of bandits in various places, and the increasingly difficult situation of the world are becoming more and more difficult day by day, which further exacerbates the deterioration of the situation......

Yang Sichang sighed, and when he arrived in the south and sat in the position of prime minister, he realized that things were not as simple as he thought at the beginning.

When Rao is Yang Sichang took office, he had already expected the worst of many things, but after all, it was still half of the actual predicament.

Talking on paper is, after all, talking on paper.

Yang Sichang thought about it again and again, looked at the economic changes, and finally made up his mind.

"Do you know the situation in Henan?"

Chen Wang's expression was slightly condensed, his eyes suddenly brightened, he lowered his head, and hid the look on his face well.

As a military attaché, through normal channels, you can't actually get much news.

Except for the information in the war zone under their jurisdiction, the information of other places and war zones will not be distributed to the towns and battalions, because these things are confidential.

Victorious battles will be promoted, and defeated battles will be covered up, after all, these things will have a big impact on morale and morale.

It is precisely because of this that Chen Wang, after entering Hanzhong Prefecture and gaining a foothold a little, began to set up his own intelligence agency, in order to be able to understand the development and trend of the overall incident as much as possible.

This time, the news of the boiling civil change in Henan was sent from Henan by the Supervision Institute Starry Night Benz.

In the official Tang Bao and the news that has been handed down, Chen Wang has not received any news about Henan, and the situation in Henan has been strictly covered up by the official.

Henan is erosive and prefectures and counties have fallen, and such news will undoubtedly greatly affect the morale of the officers and men on the front line.

In this era when there is no Internet, communication is almost dependent on letters, and travel is basically on walking, it is too easy to hide local news.

It is also because of the supervision institute that Chen Wang knows the plight of Henan, otherwise he would not know anything about it now.

However, although Chen Wang knew it in his heart, in the face of Yang Sichang, he naturally couldn't show it.

"The cabinet asked so, but something happened in Henan?"

Chen Wang raised his head, pretended to be suspicious, and asked.

There was a look of doubt on his face, but Chen Wang's heart had already set off waves.

The trip to Henan is now nine out of ten.

If Yang Sichang didn't let him go to Henan, there would be no reason to mention Henan's affairs to his face.

"The people of Henan are boiling, thieves are swarming, and the thief chief Li Yan is the most powerful, and Chen Yongfu, the deputy chief soldier of Henan, came to report, saying that the scale of soldiers and horses under his command has exceeded 50,000."

The establishment of the supervision center, as well as Chen Wang's secret layout, Yang Sichang naturally could not know.

Yang Sichang sighed lightly and said wistfully.

Yang Sichang referred to Li Yan as the thief chieftain, but did not call Li Yan by his nickname.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the nicknames of the rogues in various places were often extremely taboo, such as breaking into the sky, the king of the mixed world, the purple gold beam and so on.

But for these rogues, when the local government and the generals and schools report, they all write down the nickname.

However, Li Yan's nickname is something that no one dares to write.

Because Li Yan's nickname is "King of Faith"!

Today, when the saint is still a vassal king, the title is the king of letters......

Such a nickname, naturally no one dares to call it.

It is precisely because of this that Li Yan's rebellion in Henan also caused Chongzhen to be furious.

"The towns of Henan have failed to encircle and suppress this fang twice, and the command of the thief chief Li Yan has recruited a lot of descendants, and Li Yan's successive defeats in Henan have attracted the same people from all directions."

"There are even the leaders of the old seventy-two battalions who are attached, and the momentum is ...... in one day."

Yang Sichang's expression was solemn, and the situation in Henan is now changing three times a day.

The first encirclement and suppression against Li Yan failed because of the light enemy.

However, the second encirclement and suppression against Li Yan failed, and the soldiers and horses of the battalions in Henan can be said to have really done their best, and they did not underestimate the enemy in the slightest.

Chen Wang suddenly raised his head, his face was shocked, and he said in a shocking voice.

"The previous Pantang report said that the three guards of the nine battalions in Henan have 30,000 troops to attack and suppress, and Li Yan and the Red Lady are only tens of thousands of people, and the disparity in strength is so great, how can it fail?!"

Most of Chen Wang's expressions were fake, but there were also a small number of true.

After all, the supervision center was hastily created, and the information he could receive was extremely limited, so he did not know the details of the defeat of the second invasion.

Yang Sichang frowned and snorted coldly.

"There are 30,000 people in Henan Jiuying and Sanwei on paper, but in fact there are less than 20,000 people."

Eating empty salaries and drinking soldiers' blood is a common practice in camps and towns everywhere, and it is even more common in inland camps and towns like Henan.

For such a situation, Yang Sichang is naturally extremely dissatisfied, but this matter has accumulated for a long time, and even he has no way to change it.

(End of chapter)