Lu Ming

Chapter 373

Xiong Wencan rolled his eyes after receiving the note handed over by Master Bu, and found that it was a detailed investigation report.

The report first analyzed the power and eccentricity of the Cao family from the four perspectives of people, wealth, equipment, and food. In the middle, it particularly emphasized the phenomenon that a certain force abused strange prostitution techniques, leading to the vision of "there is no agriculture in the land, and strange crops come out."

Comrade Bu Daxing deliberately introduced some mystical concepts here.In his opinion: using smoke-breathing iron tools to grow monsters that Ming did not have, this behavior is like those three-legged deformed babies, it is an abnormal demon atmosphere, it is a dangerous omen, the poison of the country, It needs to be outlawed.

The second part of the report is further reading.

Master Bu still took the farmland as the starting point, emphatically expounding the far-reaching harm that this kind of farming mode that does not require farmers, let alone landlords, brings to the court and gentlemen.

Master Bu pointed out with great foresight that this "sorcery" undoubtedly violated the core interests of the majority of landlords, and Cao Chuan, who promoted the sorcery, was an enemy of famous religion.At this moment, it is necessary for a gentleman of integrity to wake up, not only to cut off the fangs, but also to kill people, destroy all the "institutional damage", and then implement a benevolent government, "persuade the mulberry and persuade the farmers", and drive those farmers who lost their way back. Working in the fields is the best effort.

After Xiong Wencan finished reading this passionate and vicious article, he closed his eyes and meditated for a while.Afterwards, he didn't express any attitude, but chatted with Bu Songming, whom he was not familiar with in front of him—as expected by Old Xiong, this person really came back from Yizhou not long ago.

Since the large-scale immigration from the two sides of the strait began, Xiong Wencan has received a lot of information one after another. Of course, many of them are unfavorable to the Cao family. There are many people who can't understand those weird behaviors, not just Mr. Bu.

However, when Mr. Bu came out today, he was the first scholar-bureaucrat in history to formally investigate and summarize the situation in Yizhou, and then write a letter.Old Xiong can ignore the gossip before, but for Old Bu, although Xiong Wencan is angry at the moment, he still intends to say a few more words to him.

So Old Xiong asked kindly: "Then according to Song Ming's opinion, how should we arrange for this matter?"

Bu Songming couldn't see the tendency of the old bear from his expression, but it didn't matter, he must be following the routine he had thought up at this time: "My lord, according to the students, this matter should be done sooner rather than later. Demons have become popular in Yizhou now, but luckily they haven't poisoned my Daming yet, please use thunderous means to save my name and teach me, and save my hometown!"

Xiong Wencan was noncommittal when he heard this.He turned back and leaned on the back of the chair, crossed his hands on his lower abdomen, and then continued to ask slowly: "Is there no order to kill the general of the imperial court without authorization? Can Song Ming teach me?"

At this moment, Master Bu stood up and cupped his hands and said: "My lord, this is an act of defending education. I have to follow the authority in a hurry, and I don't care about that much!"

"Afterwards, the imperial court will ask me to go to the prison again? And let you, a fool, see a joke?" After Xiong Wencan slandered this sentence, his heart was already extremely angry.But his skill in nourishing qi is really good, so he still didn't show it on the surface: "What if the soldiers of the Cao family invade Fujian?"

"My lord, this generation is a mob. You only need to remove its leader, and then subdue it with the education of benevolence and the righteousness of the court. It will surely make the rest of the generation feel grateful and be intimidated."

After hearing this sentence, Xiong Wencan finally appraised Master Bu: This is an old master who doesn't know the world and only talks about righteousness.

Thinking of this, the old bear who was originally annoyed suddenly became uninterested.So he said the last sentence of the day to Master Bu with a pleasant face: "Let me think twice about this matter."

After speaking, Old Xiong picked up a transparent glass tea bowl, but didn't drink it.

Master Bu certainly understood the meaning of this action.However, just when he opened his mouth to say something more, the Xiongfu Changsui who was standing aside had already shouted out the word "see off" in a full-fledged aria mode.

So Master Bu had no choice but to turn around and leave. Accompanied by his back was Xiong Wencan's cold gaze.

If counted according to the ranks of later generations, officials like Xiong Wencan, who were entrusted with border control, are already at the rank of Zhongyang committee members.According to Lao Xiong's current family members, if he returns to the court tomorrow to serve as an official, Chongzhen will definitely reward him with the position of Jiuqing.

Jiuqing is equivalent to entering the game in later generations. Regardless of ancient or modern times, this level is a top figure who can participate in state affairs.

The top figures are naturally different from ordinary officials.Whether it is information acquisition, or the pattern of looking at the problem, the way of thinking is different from ordinary people, and sometimes it even seems to be the opposite.

In the position of Xiong Wencan, although he is only in charge of Fujian Province, he has a lot of channels to understand the world's major events, and he must understand that if he wants to wear the crown, he must bear its weight. A border that is unclear about the court's movements is not a qualified border.

Under such circumstances, Xiong Wencan really scoffed at the bunch of nonsense Comrade Bu Daxing said today.

Why did Lao Xiong come to Fujian in the first place? The pirates were rampant, officers and soldiers were defeated one after another, the chief soldier was imprisoned, and the coasts of Fujian and Guangdong were in turmoil. The imperial court, which was already smoldering everywhere, had no choice but to appoint Xiong Wencan to Fujian to recruit Zheng Zhilong.

Different from the comprehensive sea ban on hard pirates during the Jiajing period, when the broken ship of the Ming Dynasty reached the early years of Chongzhen, there was no navy that could be used to sanction the Zheng Zhilong Group—yes, the fundamental reason why Xiong Wencan came to Fujian at the beginning was that the court had already There is no way to take pirates.

In other words, Xiong Wencan's visit to Fujian itself represented the court's public confession.

So how did things work out in the end?Everyone on the earth knows: Cao Jiajun makes a move, one beats two.Not to mention Zheng's gang, all the pirates in the rest of the Fujian Sea were wiped out by Cao's, and the sea has been calm ever since.

Then in this situation, a man surnamed Bu came to Xiong Wencan and said: "Now you catch Cao Chuan and chop him up, the world will be peaceful."
Let’s not talk about whether it can be cut or not, just take [-] steps back, Xiong Wencan really cut off the Cao family, then Cao’s soldiers who went crazy afterward came out from the generals and rebelled against the whole Fujian, what will Xiong Wencan do then?Convince people with virtue?Or do you use your authority to fool the pirates?

In fact, by that time, Lao Xiong probably has no official authority to speak of.Because of Brother Chongzhen's pissing nature, it would be considered worthy of him not to send the old bear who caused the death of the whole Fujian to prison.

However, Mr. Bu doesn't care about these things. His proposition is: no matter Sanqi 21, do it with the surname Cao first.As for the mess afterwards. What does this matter to his old man?He's just a kid, no, just a retired comrade.It might be your Xiong Wencan's fault that it may not be resolved afterwards. Who told you that you didn't study enough sages and benevolence enough to suppress the pirates?

Therefore, Xiong Wencan, who is in charge of actually running the government, has no way of communicating with a righteous gentleman like Mr. Bu.Because a gentleman doesn't take the blame, a gentleman only throws the blame away—there is no edict to kill the generals of the imperial court without authorization, Yuan Chonghuan dares, but does he, the old bear, dare?

Besides, Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Wenlong were in a life-and-death line struggle: Lao Yuan wanted to appease and negotiate a peace, but Mao Wenlong wanted to die as a slave; plus the Liaoshang vested interest group represented by the Guanning warlord and academician Qian Longxi was behind the scenes. , That's why Yuan Chonghuan had the courage to kill Wenlong without order.

And what about him, Xiong Wencan?Does he have any conflict of interest with Cao? .In fact, everyone on the earth knows that Lao Xiong reached the pinnacle of life by relying on Cao.

The Cao family wiped out all the bandits in Fujian, making the old Xiong change from a miserable and panic-stricken governor of Zhao'an to a capable member of the imperial court overnight, and the emperor's favorite general.

The Cao family transported away hundreds of thousands of hungry people, wiped out countless bandits, and brought food and job opportunities to Fujian, which made local governments harmonious and economically developed.

Mrs. Cao handed over the general agent of glazed wares in Fujian to Xiong Qi of Xiong's mansion, so Lao Xiong sent people to his hometown to transport many "Fujian native products" in the shape of ingots from time to time.

All of the above is not a joke. Now, in the eyes of everyone in the court, Xiong Wencan and Cao Chuan are political allies who support each other and make each other successful.

How to say that sentence: "Everyone can surrender Cao, but the general cannot surrender Cao!"

In the same way, there is no difference between Xiong Wencan now and Sun Quan at that time: anyone can shout at Cao Chuan, except the old Xiong who has been closely tied to Cao Chuan can't say that.

As for the mode of production proposed by Mr. Bu that destroyed the tenant landlords, in Lao Xiong's view, it was even more nonsense.

The control power of the Fengjiang Dynasty is quite low, not to mention the small surrounding countries that closed their doors to be emperors, even within the Ming Dynasty, there are still many Tusi areas called Jimi Prefecture, which are actually small kingdoms in remote provinces.

Whether it is a small neighboring country or the so-called Jimi Prefecture, the social forms in these areas are ever-changing. The Wa country has the emperor and daimyo, and the chieftain has slave children. So what about the court?The court could only stare blankly.

Let alone interference, as long as these small kingdoms don’t cause trouble, the imperial court will be thankful: Eight years ago, during the She’an Rebellion, the imperial court spent three years mobilizing armies from all walks of life in the southwest, and spent a lot of money and food to wipe out the chieftain She Chongming and his son .

As long as a border chieftain revolts, the Ming Dynasty is already exhausted.Then Cao Chuan, who has conquered the overseas Yizhou that is difficult for soldiers and horses, and is a hundred times more powerful than the chieftain, even if he does not need tenants, but only uses machine iron to plant some "strange grains" on his own land, will the imperial court order to exterminate Cao Chuan because of this? ?If the imperial court really wants to manage Yizhou, will the surrounding slaves and chieftains rebel?

Therefore, in Lao Xiong's view, Comrade Bu Daxing is purely looking for trouble for nothing: if those iron tools for plowing the fields were laid out in Daming, causing the gentry to be dissatisfied, then there would be some talk.And now those iron weapons are still out of reach in Yizhou, why are you jumping up and down?Confucianism will perish tomorrow without you?

"It's really moaning without illness!" Xiong Wencan sat alone in the flower hall, and after slowly drinking a cup of green tea, he finally made such an assertion to Comrade Bu Daxing.

(End of this chapter)