Waited until the Wanshou Palace.

The eunuchs had prepared their maps early.

As soon as Emperor Zhizheng entered the Wanshou Palace, he went straight to Yutu.

At this time, Wang Ji had already sent someone to invite the three elders, and Emperor Zhizheng was looking for Jiannansi on the map.

Xu He followed behind him and reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the Jiannan Division is in the east of Wanxian County, Sichuan, and belongs to the boundary of Huguang Land!" ”

Emperor Zhizheng was stunned when he heard this: "Do you know how to look at the map? ”

The map of this era has no scale, and some locations are also wrong and missing, but Xu He still knows where Jiannansi is.

On the geographical map of mountains and rivers given to him by Xie Kun, he once specifically talked about Huguangyun and Guizhou Tusi.

When it comes to the Tusi bureaucracy, many people may be confused.

I can't figure it out that it is the Propaganda and Pacification Division, the Propaganda and Comfort Division, the Pacification Division, and the Chief Lawsuit......

It's messy and varied.

In fact, the name of the pacification division comes from the official name of the Tang Dynasty - pacification envoy.

A pacification envoy was an official sent by the imperial court to deal with local affairs.

As early as the Sui Dynasty, there were pacification ambassadors, most of whom were concurrently serving as marching commanders.

In the early Tang Dynasty, ministers were sent to inspect areas that had passed through the war or disaster areas, which were called pacification envoys.

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, he was a special officer who was injured by disasters and used troops, and later gradually became the governor in charge of military affairs and public security, with the governor and the prefect concurrently serving as the governor.

The former Yuan was placed in Sichuan, Huguang and other ethnic minority areas, and each division had one Daru Huachi, one pacification envoy, and other officials such as the same governor, deputy envoy, servant, experience, and governor.

The Great Wei Dynasty basically followed this example.

The pacification department has a pacification envoy, from the five grades, probably similar to the functions of the prefect, but the officials who serve as these officials are all local officials.

The slightly smaller forces under it also have the chief lawsuit, the barbarian chief lawsuit, the head is called the chief, and the six products are positive.

Approximately equivalent to a county-level administrative body.

And the full name of the Jiannan Division is the Jiannan Chief Lawsuit, which is under the jurisdiction of the Zhonglu Pacification Division.

Soon, Xu He found the location of the Jiannan Division in the salient west of the lake and bordering Sichuan.

Emperor Zhizheng looked in the direction of Xu He's finger, and his face became even more solemn.

This place is just cut into the Sichuan Province [waist], up is Kuizhou Mansion, down is Chongqing Mansion.

This place is not only a difficult terrain, but also a gathering area for ethnic minorities.

Emperor Zhizheng frowned and said: "I remember that there is another one named Zhonglu near the Pacification Division of Zhonglu......"

"Loyalty and filial piety appeasement division!" Xu He said, "Your Majesty, there are not only the Loyalty and Filial Piety Pacification Division nearby, but also the Pacification Division of Jintong, Longtan, Dongxiang Wulu, Zhongtong and other Pacification Divisions, as well as the Xuanfu Divisions such as Shi Nan, Rongmei, Sanmao, and Zhongjian!" ”

"You remember it so well?"

"Xiao Chen likes to read some books on the geography of mountains and rivers, and local customs!"

"You know how to fight, tell me, where did these people come from? It can't be a toast soldier, right? ”

Xu He has been thinking about this question for a long time.

Shizhouwei is a place where Yunyang Mansion in Huguang Province is located above, Yongshun Xuanwei Division and Jingzhou Xuanwei Division are located below, and Changyang, Jingzhou and other places are located in the east.

First of all, Yunyang and Jingzhou were both heavily guarded by the imperial court.

Let's not talk about Jingzhou, the importance is self-evident.

The place of Yunyang, connecting Guanzhong in Shaanxi, is full of lofty mountains and mountains, and it is impossible for a traitor to emerge inexplicably without being discovered.

Well, there are only two possibilities now, one is to enter Huguang from Sichuan.

The second is to enter the junction of Huguang and Sichuan from the territory of the Xuanwei Division in the south.

In this way, the results are out.

Don't wait for the country of abundance, run to Shizhouwei, which is full of deep mountains and old forests, this place, even in the later generations, is also the Enshi region, and the famous Shenlong frame is here.

What are the thieves doing here?

Catch savages?

That is, there is only one possibility left.

The other party passed through the territory of Tusi and wanted to go to Sichuan.

Therefore, Xu He affirmed: "Back to Your Majesty, the thieves went from Guangxi to the north, and arrived at the Shizhou Weijian South Division through the Xuanwei Division!" ”

"Oh?" Emperor Zhizheng was surprised when he heard this: "Are you sure? ”

Xu He nodded: "It's not difficult to check, just find out if there is any abnormality in Jingzhou at the junction of Guangxi and Huguang, or check if there is any abnormality in Tongguwei and Zhenyuan Mansion passing by after Guangxi goes to Guizhou in the northwest." ”

When Emperor Zhizheng heard these names, he turned his head to look at the map and found these places respectively.

At this moment, the sound of hurried footsteps came, and Xu He tilted his head slightly, only to see that his uncle and Qin Wu had already arrived.

"Your Majesty, the old minister and others have just learned about the anti-thief......"

Before Qin Yan's words were finished, Emperor Zhizheng waved his sleeves and said impatiently: "Let me ask you, what is the specific situation of the Battle of Changsha, and how many thieves did Sheng Zhengqi exterminate in Changsha?" ”

Qin Yan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I am very happy, according to Sheng Zhengqi's report, Changsha Mansion fell, a total of more than 1,300 anti-thieves were killed, and 213 people were captured!" ”

"Where's the bandit?"

"Gree......" Qin Yan paused and hurriedly said, "According to Sheng Zhengqi's report, the bandit leader may be hidden and is in the whole city!" ”

Emperor Zhizheng was furious when he heard this: "More than a thousand people, what about the rest?" These more than 1,000 people were trapped in such a large city as Changsha, and in the end, it took more than two months to consume 100,000 troops of the imperial court? ”

Wu Xingbang came out and said: "The thieves or the thieves will wait until the city is broken, and hide in the city together, and Sheng Zhengqi should send his soldiers to screen the soldiers in the city!" ”

When Xu He heard this, he pursed his lips, and only those who had never brought soldiers could say this kind of thing.

Tibetan? Where is it hidden? They are not native to Changsha, these faces speak with foreign accents, and there is no way to hide them.

Unless, before these people enter Changsha, they are just bluffing.

Because of the incident in Hefei, the imperial court was like a frightened bird, running the strategy of first north and then south, and turned south after destroying the enemy in Hefei.

When they arrived at Changsha City, everyone's inertial thinking was that Changsha City was like an iron bucket at this time, and the city was profound, so they didn't dare to plunder its "edge", but in fact, this city was just a silver-like pewter spearhead, which was useless, and the real anti-thieves were not as many as the ones passed back from the front.

Emperor Zhizheng was very disappointed in Wu Xingbang, but this matter was too embarrassing, and he did not question Wu Xingbang's words, but asked instead: "Xu Song, what's going on with the people of Jiannan Division?" ”

The uncle hurriedly bowed down and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the old minister has been thinking about where these thieves came from on the way here, and before entering the palace, the old minister already knew about it. ”

"Where did it come from!"

Xu Song raised his head and said, "It should be from Guangxi." ”

Emperor Zhizheng glanced at Xu He imperceptibly, and then asked, "Do you have any evidence?" ”

"Lao Chen has been checking for two months, and there has been no change in the Huguang Jingzhou Mansion, especially the canal water line, as well as the Xinhua River in Guizhou and the Qiongshui River in Zhenyuan Mansion!"

When Emperor Zhizheng heard this, he sighed in his heart, the two generations of the Xu family are really people who know the soldiers.

If he hadn't known that the emergency military situation had to be reported to the palace as soon as possible, he even suspected that the two uncles and nephews had already discussed it outside the palace.

Everyone was waiting to verify what Xu Song said, and Emperor Zhizheng began to think about the future of his son-in-law.