Chapter 118: Casting Nets and Fishing

"Uncle, this is the Di Bao that has just arrived..."Zhao Xin handed the Di Bao to Chen Cao, and then said: "The news of the Bei Division, the other side has already started to do it, in addition to arresting Gu Dazhang, it has begun to arrest the various Donglin Party imperial history officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and now four or five have been arrested, and Yang Huan from Qianhu has sent a letter, saying that he will let his subordinates prepare evidence for him on our side." ”

Chen Cao squinted his eyes and stared at the official newspaper on the table, and then sneered: "Tian Ergeng is taking himself more and more, even a domestic servant dares to be so presumptuous. ”

"Yang Huan is Tian Ergeng's henchman, uncle, can you offend?" Zhao Xin was also a little unhappy.

Chen Cao shook his head: "Everything is peaceful, it doesn't matter if he is pressed, but judging from this matter, Wei Zhongxian is now becoming more and more powerful in the Jingshi." ”

"Then uncle, what are we going to do here?"

Chen Cao flipped through the official document boringly, and then sneered again: "In addition to money, you can give them whatever they want to satisfy them." ”

Zhao Xin raised his eyes, and then nodded: "It belongs to the province." ”

"By the way," Chen Cao stood up and walked around the study: "Wan Qing has any news coming over?" ”

"According to the instructions, his family has been taken from Huguang to Jinling for resettlement, and our contact with him is a line, as long as there is news, it will be transmitted directly from Shandong." Zhao Xin said in a positive voice.

"Let's include it under our command, it's a top secret matter, and we must not leak the news," Chen Cao turned around and turned his back to him and said, "Let you monitor Zhao Tianlin's matter, do you have eyebrows?" ”

As soon as he talked about this matter, Zhao Xin became serious, and his voice immediately became much lower: "That guy is very cautious, and he has no action now." ”

"Well, if he has a connection with Keguang first, no matter what happens, he must find out." Chen Cao instructed.

"Subordinate provinces."

"What about Liu Kongzhao?" Chen Cao turned around and asked Zhao Xin to pour himself tea.

Zhao Xin poured the tea from the teacup, and then said: "That guy went back as soon as he left the Yamen of the Zhenfu Division, and then sent several teams of people to Jingshi and Nanzhili, I don't know what to do." ”

Chen Cao took a sip of tea with interest, and then said, "I'm afraid that he won't make a name for himself, have you figured out his family property?" ”

Zhao Xin nodded: "Counting all the house deeds and the like, it is preliminarily estimated that the family property of that guy is not less than 30 million taels." ”

"Well," Chen Cao nodded, put down the teacup, and was a little happy: "Yes, 30 million taels can feed the Dingwu army for at least ten years, if it is used in the sailor, the big ship of 3,000 materials will have to build 10,000 ships..."

"Uncle," Zhao Xin was slightly worried: "Liu Kongzhao is the founding noble, if he is moved, his subordinates are worried that these old nobles in Nanjing will fight back, so it is very likely to cause a chain reaction of those founding nobles in Beijing and Jingnan nobles." ”

"Hmm..."Chen Cao dragged the elder's voice, and then shook his head: "As far as I know, there is not a single founding nobleman living in Jingshi now, all of them are Jingnan or later sealed, only here in Nanjing there are founding nobles and early Jingnan nobles;

Besides, Liu Kongzhao's ancestors were robbed, if it weren't for Emperor Sejong's ascension to the throne and the need to consolidate the government, they wouldn't have even thought about this group of people who restored their titles in the later period. ”

"Uncle, my subordinates still think it's inappropriate." Zhao Xin then expressed his concerns.

Chen Cao nodded with a pout, and then spoke leisurely: "If it weren't for the scruples you said, I wouldn't have tried every means to pull Feng Kelie's gang into my name." ”

Zhao Xin raised his eyebrows: "Uncle Mo still wants to buy a few of them?" ”

"No, they're only temporary," Chen Cao shook his head: "My ultimate goal is Liu Kongzhao, they are just killing chickens and making an example of monkeys, if they dare to turn against the water in the future, hehe, just take the opportunity to eradicate them." ”

"And when to do it?" Zhao Xin asked again.

Chen Cao thought for a while before he said: "Don't worry, as the so-called long line can catch big fish, these people can do whatever they want, Liu Kongzhao is just the first step..."

"Uncle..."The shouts of the servant girl sounded outside the study: "Uncle Qiqi, the housekeeper of the Wei State Mansion and Lord Xu of the Zhenfu Division are here, and they are waiting outside the hall." ”

Chen Cao and Zhao Xin walked to the lobby together, and then they saw the housekeeper of the Guogong Mansion.

"I've seen Uncle Ding Wu," it wasn't the chief butler who came: "Grandpa invited Uncle Ding Wu to the garrison yamen to discuss matters." ”

If it is an ordinary thing, it is usually in the house, but now it is guarding the yamen, things should be different, Chen Cao didn't dare to be sloppy, so he gave his hand: "Thank you, go back and reply to Grandpa, I'll go right away." ”

The housekeeper left, Chen Cao asked Uncle Chen to give him a reward, and then looked at Xu Kaixian: "But it has something to do with Wei Guogong?" ”

Xu Kai nodded first, and then presented the official document: "This is a Tang newspaper sent from Jiangxi, at the end of April, the people rebelled under the rule of Guixi County, Guangxin Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, and looted the entire Guixi County. ”

Chen Cao touched his smooth chin: "This kind of thing should be reported directly to the imperial court, what is Wei Guogong looking for me?" ”

Xu Kai thought for a while: "It should be related to Longhu Mountain?" ”

"Dragon Tiger Mountain?" Chen Cao was curious.

Xu Kaixian said again: "It is reported that Guixi Zhixian and other people were chased by the Yimin and hid in Longhu Mountain, and the local hundred households did not dare to rescue, so they could only follow the nest in Longhu Mountain, fortunately, there are many disciples in Longhu Mountain, relying on these people to guard the mountain gate, Zhang Tianshi has asked Wei Guogong for help." ”

Chen Cao thought about the relationship between the little Heavenly Master and Xu Hongji, and then nodded to understand the reason for this matter: "Well, okay, Zhao Xin will go with me, you will go back to do errands, and we will go to the garrison yamen." ”

When Chen Cao arrived, Xu Hongji was already discussing with a group of generals from the garrison mansion, and when he saw Chen Cao coming, he greeted him very warmly: "Yaozhong, come here." ”

Chen Cao saluted towards Xu Hongji, and then a group of generals also saluted towards Chen Cao, after all, he was an earl.

"Grandpa, what did you call me here?" Chen Cao asked.

Xu Hongji pointed to the sand table, and then said: "Presumably your news has also arrived, I won't repeat it too much, Zhang Xianyong has a lot to do with me, something happened to their family, I naturally want to save it, but I can't go, think about it, or only send you to Longhu Mountain, I can rest assured that the matter of relieving the siege will be handed over to you." ”

Sure enough, Chen Cao already had a bottom in his heart, so he nodded and said, "Grandpa told me to do it, but I don't know the specific situation over there?" ”

Xu Hongji hurriedly pulled him to the sand table, pointed to the banner of Longhu Mountain and said: "The reason is that the local Yao and She people in the two mountains of Xuxi and Luxi had a conflict because of a cow, and the Guixi Zhixian favored the Yao people of Xuxi, which made the She people in Luxi dissatisfied.

Shi Gui, the prefect of Guangxin, who learned the news, sent troops to encircle and suppress, but was defeated by the She people, and was trapped in Longhu Mountain together with him and Guixi Zhixian, Zhang Tianshi felt that things were not good, so he hurriedly sent people to come in an urgent manner for 800 miles. ”

Chen Cao nodded again and again, and then asked, "I don't know how many people there are in this group of She, but how many weapons do you have?" By the way, does Guangxin Mansion still have guards and troops? ”

A staff general bowed his hand: "Dingwubo, it is reported that there are more than 1,000 She people in Luxi, but they act the same as the local Tusi in Guizhou, they are all in the mountains, the local guards have not been trained for a long time, and the muskets are useless when they arrive in the mountains, and the nearby Jianchangwei sent 2,000 reinforcements, but they were also defeated. ”

"Grandpa, I know, I'll go back and make arrangements and leave as soon as possible." Chen Cao said and gave up.

Xu Hongji hurriedly took his hand and pulled it aside: "I have something to tell you, today's Zhang Tianshi's own sister is my uncle. ”

Chen Cao frowned, and then nodded and arched his hand: "It's saved, it must be arranged." ”

After leaving the yamen, Chen Cao hurriedly turned his head and asked Zhao Xin behind him: "Wei Guogong said that Zhang Tianshi's sister is his uncle. ”

Zhao Xin thought for a while before saying: "Zhang Guoxiang's sister Zhang Mincheng is married to Xu Xi, the current Duke of Dingguo. ”

"Oh..."Chen Cao suddenly realized, the Ming Dynasty has two dukes of the Xu family: "No wonder this is the case, the relationship is related to their Xu family, let's go, let's go to the military camp immediately." ”

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"The fastest way to Longhu Mountain is the waterway," Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng pointed to the map together, and then Sun Chuanting said: "Board the boat from Longjiang, go down the river to Poyang Lake, and land on the shore near Yugan County, this stage is at most three days, and then march quickly, and the forward will arrive at Longhu Mountain in two days at most." ”

Chen Cao felt that it was very reasonable, if Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng were allowed to lead the troops, he would not be very relieved, after all, Xu Hongji asked him to go in person, and after thinking about it, he said: "Don't move the right guard, now most of the right guards are new soldiers, and the veterans are in the new army, since there is this opportunity, let the new army commander have a long face, and check the results of this training by the way;

The order was given, and the guard regiment directly under the army was dispatched, and immediately prepared and went to the Longjiang ferry, striving to set off in the evening. ”

"In such a hurry?" Sun Chuanting spoke.

Chen Cao's time waits for no one, although it is very fast to go to Longhu Mountain, but he doesn't know how long the process will take, even if all his subordinates are firearms troops, if he encounters Sheren's desperate efforts, he has to think about it himself: "The sooner the better, it's mid-May now, and I will set off for the Wa Kingdom at the end of next month, and time waits for no one." ”

When Huang Degong heard that he was going to set off for Longhu Mountain to quell the rebellion, he was very excited, and immediately ordered the whole regiment to assemble after receiving the order, and then packed up his bags and sent people to pack the canned food and transport it to the camp of the sailors.

Chen Cao also hurried back to the house, hurriedly explained to Li Xiang, and after returning in half a month, he rode away.

It wasn't until Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng boarded the warship that the two looked at the river on the deck and sighed: "I have seen so many guards, and it is the first time in my life that I have seen them when I ordered to leave at noon and at night." ”