golden scales

Zuo Menggeng looked at Yuan Jixian with tears in his eyes, and shouted again at the top of his lungs: "My father has gone!"

Yuan Jixian was also shocked by the sudden bad news, and couldn't make a turn in his mind for a moment.Everything in the world froze, and even the sound could not be heard.After a few breaths of effort, Yuan Jixian finally came to his senses, and thought to himself: Zuo Liangyu is dead, what should the 20 troops in Zuozhen do?Could it be that you are going to become a chaotic soldier!

Zuo Menggeng yelled twice, then suddenly rolled his eyes and passed out.

The family members on the other side were too frightened to go up, unable to retreat, they just jumped on the spot and shouted, and the scene became a mess.

"Stop yelling!" Yuan Jixian yelled, pushed the Zuo family away, stepped forward and said, "This is a rush, spread out, let the young general breathe."

The family members dispersed immediately, but saw Yuan Jixian advancing instead of retreating, stepped forward and pulled Zuo Menggeng's collar, swung his arms round and slapped him across the face.

This slap was like a slap on everyone's face, and there was a sound of "Ouch" in unison.

Yuan Jixian slapped again with his backhand.

Zuo Menggeng's body twitched, and he slowly came back to his senses. He might not have seen Yuan Jixian clearly, but he hugged Yuan Jixian and cried loudly: "My father has gone... My father has gone!"

Yuan Jixian wanted to slap him again, but his strength was not as strong as Zuo Menggeng, who was in his prime, so he was hugged tightly and couldn't move.Only when Zuo Menggeng felt the burning pain on his face did he wake up a bit, let go of Yuan Jixian, and said: "Junmen, Junmen! What should I do with my little nephew!" A helpless child seemed to cry.

Yuan Jixian also felt sympathy.Although he used to hate Chu Zhen for being domineering.He also hated Zuo Bing for his corrupt military discipline, who looked like a bandit, and even more hated Zuo Liangyu for putting him under house arrest, not knowing what was right and what was wrong... But now that the dead are the most important, what else can he care about?Yuan Jixian supported Zuo Menggeng and said, "What is Zuo Shuai's last words?"

Zuo Menggeng sobbed: "My father read the mansion newspaper, shouted 'Huang Peng misunderstood me!' and left without leaving a last word."

Huang Peng's name is Xunyan, but he is actually the mastermind of Zuo Liangyu.Yuan Jixian had long guessed that Zuo Liangyu's "King of Qin" was more or less involved in this person.He listened to what Zuo Menggeng said.With a quick turn in his mind, he already understood what Zuo Liangyu meant.

Zuo Liangyu knew that his life was going to die here, so he threw out a dead ghost to protect his descendants from disaster!

The so-called knowing son is like a father, Zuo Liangyu must know that his son is not enough to lead a town of officers and soldiers to conquer Nanjing.It can be said that once he died, the army had already been defeated this time.Now that he is defeated, he has to maintain his "loyalty and goodness", otherwise it will be a disaster for the Yi clan to exterminate his family.

However, if Zuo Liangyu, who raised troops and rebelled, was "loyal and good", could it be that the emperor, crown prince, and officials in the south of the Yangtze River were all idiots?

of course not!

This idiot is still left alone.Zuo Liangyu said "Huang Peng misunderstood me".So he firmly nailed Huang Peng, the inspector censor, to the position of the mastermind, but he himself was an "idiot" who was eager for justice and was used by others.

"You idiot! This is Zuo Shuai's last order!" Yuan Jixian had an expression of hatred for iron.

Zuo Menggeng's teary eyes were like peaches, and his throat was choked.Looking at Yuan Jixian puzzled.

"Zuo Shuai saw the mansion report. His heart became clear immediately, and he knew that he was mistaken by a villain, so he said, "Huang Peng misunderstood me". It is Zuo Shuai's last order to set things right and put an end to the soldiers!" Yuan Jixian is a loyal man. A minister, but not pedantic.Quan Dang didn't know Zuo Liangyu's last scheming, but just lured Zuo Menggeng to his side.

Zuo Menggeng originally lacked talent, and his father had just passed away, so he had no idea in his heart.After hearing Yuan Jixian's words, he didn't even think about it.Then he asked: "Junmen, please take charge of the overall situation!"

Yuan Jixian was furious when he heard this.But he also knew that he had absolutely no prestige to overwhelm the mighty generals in Zuo Town.He said: "Lieutenant general, I don't know the order, how can I control your department? But the immediate plan is to stabilize people's hearts. It is better not to report the funeral for the time being, but to summon the most trusted generals, capture Huang Peng, ask the court for an order, and return to Xindi." . Then ask for a posthumous title for Zuo Shuai, and ask for a post in the Ministry of War."

Zuo Menggeng's mind gradually became clearer, secretly thinking that he was indeed not a material for changing the dynasty, only heard the "posthumous title" and "Yinzhi" nodded with sobs, and said: "It's all up to the military."

Yuan Jixian is not willing to be a master!He asked Zuo Menggeng to follow the plan, and went to the residence with the excuse of going back to change clothes.

Fu Shan had just cleaned up, changed his clothes and came out when he saw Yuan Jixian turned back, quite surprised: "Duke Ming is back now?"

"Hurry up, get ready to pack, Zuo Liangyu is dead." Yuan Jixian spoke very quickly: "I want to stay here to keep Zuo Menggeng from mourning, and report the news to the imperial court quickly."

Fu Shan bowed and saluted, turned around and left. He came and went in such a hurry that he didn't even have any luggage.Yuan Jixian chased after him, stuffed his purse into Fu Shan, and said, "Take care on the road."

Fu Shan didn't refuse much, put it in his sleeve, saluted again, and rushed to the riverside.The left soldier at the gate was hesitating whether to chase after him, but he didn't want Fu Shan to learn the Taoist movement skills on the mountain. He seemed to be walking leisurely, but in fact his pace was not slow, and they had already opened the distance while hesitating.

The ferry boat remained where it was, and the boatman didn't want to take a ride in vain, waiting for the ferry passengers here.

Seeing the boat, Fu Shan waved to the boatman, ran wildly, jumped onto the ferry, and slapped a piece of silver in the boatman's hand: "Cross the river quickly."

Just now, the boatman knew that the Taoist master had contacts with the officials, and his actions were generous, so he immediately punted off the shore and headed for the east of the river.

……

On the sixth day of December in the 18th year of Chongzhen, Zhu Cihong got the news of Zuo Liangyu's death, but he didn't feel any joy in his heart.

Once Zuo Liangyu died, the generals in Chu town really lost their restraint, and they must flee in all directions.These rebellious soldiers either fell into the grass and turned into bandits, or caused harm to the village. The losses caused are really incalculable.

The bigger problem now is food.

Now under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, only Shandong can barely support itself-provided that it does not bear the food expenses of the hard labor camps and labor camps.Henan and Shanxi have just been recovered, and it will take at least three years to restore grain production to the level of export.There are also Liaodong and Beizhi battlefields, where food production is at an extremely low level.Especially in Beizhi, it is basically fighting and supporting the war, supplemented by working in the fields.

Although everything is fine in Jiangnan, and it still looks like a prosperous and prosperous age, but this land of fish and rice has long been unable to guarantee food supply.Because the profit of tobacco is ten times that of grain, the profit of silk produced from mulberry leaves can also reach seven times that of grain.A large amount of cultivated land was converted to tobacco and mulberry trees by landlords.From the perspective of profit-seeking, the landlord is of course willing to plant his land full of tobacco and mulberry leaves.As long as the price of food cannot rise sevenfold, it must be more cost-effective to buy from other places.

That's why people say "Huguang is familiar, the world is full", because the whole world is counting on Huguang.

Although Zuo Liangyu was domineering and looked like a feudal town, he did not rebel anyway, and was much more polite than the generals in western Liaoning.The imperial court can still get food tax from Huguang, which is not enough, and it is no problem to buy some with silver.Now that such a centralized figure dies, the generals under his command will do their own thing.Those who are rich in the defense area don't want to move, and those in the poor defense area are eager to see each other.

Moreover, Huguang really has no capable ministers.

Governor He Tengjiao has a bad reputation in history. Although he died heroically in the end, he single-handedly provoked internal strife among the camps and ruined an excellent opportunity to drive Man Qing out of the customs. A mediocre person who is happy, and has more success than failure.

……

"This person has been following Zuo Liangyu's camp all this time. He really doesn't know what to do. Yuan Jixian has already sent someone to deliver the news, but he, as the governor, has not heard from him for a long time.

After the court meeting, the cabinet ministers went to the study of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to hold a cabinet meeting as usual.Zhu Cihong took out the bulletin that Yuan Jixian asked Fu Shan to bring, and expressed concern about the situation in Huguang.

"The strength of Chu Town is indeed beyond his control as a governor, but if he doesn't even send any news, it's really hard to escape the crime of dereliction of duty." Wu Tong said.

Sun Chuanting glanced at Wu Tong.He just happened to know that He Tengjiao's son was cultivated by Liu Yongzuo.And Liu Yongzuo is a member of the Donglin Party and a fellow villager of Wu Sheng's old enemy Wen Tiren.At this time, he agreed with the crown prince's wishes, and by the way, he was convicted of the crime, which is not annoying.

Zhu Cihong looked down on party struggles, and didn't even agree that these people belonged to the "party".They are completely a collection of interests or entanglements. Although they have a simple desire to control the political power, they do not have a unified and firm core idea.To put it bluntly, such a group is a mob, and it will break itself without attack.

The root of everything lies in the successful examination of the Fa.

The reason why Zhang Juzheng’s examination method did not put an end to party disputes in later generations is that it was abandoned by later generations, and it was also because Zhang’s examination method lacked specific data standards, which made the subjective opinion of the history of merit examination too important , with too many non-objective elements mixed in, it has instead become a tool for party struggles.

However, Zhu Cihong's examination method is based on objective facts and eliminates personal subjective factors as much as possible. Therefore, even if someone wants to use this to attack political opponents, it is impossible to turn black and white.For example, in the case of Wu Weiye, if in the end he showed that he did meet the requirements of the post, the censor who attacked him for negligence in government might have to sit back.

Zhu Cihong said: "The news of Zuo Liangyu's death hasn't spread yet, let's give him some sweetness first, so that the generals in Zuo Town can stabilize. Let's finish the battle in Beizhi first, and then take care of Huguang slowly."

"Your Highness, why don't you add Yuan Ji to the post of governor of Xianhuguang first, and suppress Zuozhen?" Sun Chuanting believed that he had no selfish intentions to form a party, so he was not worried that recommending a governor at this time would violate the taboo.

Zhu Cihong looked at Li Yuzhi and Jiang Dejing, and saw that they had no objections, so he said, "Yuan Jixian's moral conduct is good enough for him to be appointed. If there is no chaos in Huguang, there is no problem for him to go to Anmin to govern, but the current situation is unclear, and I am afraid it is not appropriate. I It means to send Shi Kefa, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, to supervise Huguang."

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