Chapter 123 Dragon Tiger Landscape V
"I heard that when you were an official in Chang'an County, you deceived and killed six to seven hundred bandits. I wonder if this is true?"
When Chen Cao woke up early in the morning, in order to forget what happened last night, he specially called Sun Chuanting to have morning tea with him at the Wangshanya Pavilion in Tianshi Mansion.
Sun Chuanting was stunned when he heard this, and then said calmly: "My uncle is a royal guard, but these things are not heard. It is precisely because of this that the lower official was promoted to the capital as an official."
"When you dreamed back at midnight, did you dream about those people coming to you with knives to demand your life?" Chen Cao said, picking up the snacks and taking a bite: "Well, Longhu Mountain is really rich, even the icing sugar many."
Sun Chuanting also quickly picked up a piece of snack and took a bite. He puffed up his cheeks and looked at the mountains in the distance: "Only after I was granted the title of magistrate of Chang'an did I realize how poor Shaanxi is. The three-month salary has already made it difficult for the local people to live. Going down, the surrounding areas of Xi'an are even better. The further you go to northern Shaanxi, the poorer you become. Now there has been a drought for two years... ugh..."
Sun Chuanting sighed, and then quickly stuffed another mouthful of snacks. This was the first time that Chen Cao saw Sun Chuanting eating so badly: "Things in Baishui County have changed over the past two days. You killed so many people, don't you think it violates the harmony of nature? "
Chen Cao quickly filled Sun Chuanting's teacup with water. The guy obviously choked on his snack. After drinking a cup of tea, Sun Chuanting stood upright and stared with wide eyes...
"Shaanxi is full of swordsmen, bandits and bandits. In some counties, aristocratic families are also bandits."
Chen Cao turned around: "Is that the so-called Yin tribe?"
Sun Chuanting nodded, and then drank another glass of water: "Most of the aristocratic families in Shaanxi have the presence of the Yin tribe. This is also the reason why the bandits in Shaanxi have been suppressed repeatedly. As soon as the imperial army arrived, the local bandits disappeared without a trace. Soon after the army returned, the local bandits became rampant again, so much so that the bandits in Shaanxi were wiped out for hundreds of years."
"So you came up with a clever trick to kill those bandits?" Chen Cao could tell that Sun Chuanting liked this snack, so he pushed all the plates over.
Sun Chuanting was not polite when he saw this, and started to eat slowly: "Although Chang'an has been close to the capital for thousands of years, bandits have never been eliminated around the Qinling Mountains. Those who become elites will be promoted to officials and become county magistrates. Within two years, there will be no less than ten Five people, the local people in Chang'an have also been repeatedly harassed by swordsmen and bandits, so they resorted to this strategy as a last resort, but the effect is still very good."
"That's why I asked you to be the chief of staff of the new army." Chen Cao took a deep breath of the fresh air in the mountains, which will never be seen in future generations: "By the way, you also built the road?"
Sun Chuanting chuckled: "We captured so many thieves alive, and the road to Hanzhong happened to be broken down. It would be good for the local people if we sent them to repair the road and temper their temper. It was also for this reason that the prefect reported it to the court, and then Got promoted."
"If you were asked to handle the current matter, how do you think you could do it perfectly?"
Sun Chuanting shook his head: "Nothing is perfect in the world. Everything has flaws, let alone the Yi people. They don't accept Wang Hua and think that the teachings of our Central Plains dynasty are different. But we don't know that in our eyes, they are also different. Therefore, I feel It is safer to use the method of 'using barbarians to control barbarians'."
"The relationship between the Yao people and the She people is not good."
"The lower official position is not to let the Yao people govern the She people, but to let the She people rule their own clan."
"Ethnic minorities also pay attention to blood. If you give the clan leader to someone else, will the remaining relatives rebel?"
"I heard that Jianlu behaved like this."
Chen Cao looked sideways at Sun Chuanting and suddenly realized that if this guy had gone to Liaodong to quell the chaos in history, he might have been much more powerful than in suppressing bandits in Shaanxi: "It seems that this group of She people are the only ones in Xuxi."
"There are more across the river," Sun Chuanting said immediately.
"Have you investigated everything clearly?" Chen Cao asked again.
Sun Chuanting smiled: "I thought about it all night last night. I got up in the middle of the night and looked at the surrounding map, but I saw that my uncle was not sleeping either. I was about to go find him, but I saw that he was leaving, so I gave up. Otherwise, last night I told my uncle my idea."
Chen Cao's face suddenly turned red, and he quickly stood up and went to the pavilion to let the mountain breeze calm the atmosphere: "I drank too much last night and went out to find water. I will leave this matter to you and do it quickly."
Sun Chuanting stood up, cupped his hands towards Chen Cao and left.
At this moment, Chen Cao realized that he was hungry. He only ate one piece of a large plate of snacks and asked Sun Chuanting to eat the rest. At this moment, Zhao Xin walked to the pavilion and said, "Uncle, Shi Gui and his party are leaving." He said he had to go back quickly to tidy up the place, and I think he was preparing some gifts."
Chen Cao also stood up: "Who cares about them, if it's a gift to us, we'll accept it as ordered. If it's not a gift, we don't care. Sun Chuanting is going to deal with the She people in Xuxi soon. Let the Jinyiwei people follow them. It's best to be quick. Let’s take care of it and go back.”
Xin Zhao nodded and was about to leave when he saw an empty plate and said in surprise: "Oh, uncle, you really have a good appetite. You can finish a large plate."
Chen Cao felt unhappy when he thought of this: "It's not a good thing, so what if you eat it all?"
Zhao Xin touched his head and said mysteriously: "Uncle, Aunt Kun sent snacks here early this morning. She said she made them herself and gave them to uncle to express her gratitude for the tea. Isn't it delicious? ? My subordinates also thought it was delicious and secretly ate a piece when I got it. Good guy, it has more icing sugar than the Jinling snacks."
"This...is...a gift from Aunt Kun?" Chen Cao was extremely surprised.
Xin Zhao smiled and nodded: "That can still be false," he said seriously: "Didn't Uncle tell me to guard against her? So after receiving the food and eating a piece, he went to the kitchen of Tianshi Mansion in person After checking, it was indeed made by Xiao Kungu herself, and the raw materials were also checked by my subordinates, and there is no problem."
'Hiss...' Chen Cao took a deep breath: "Sun Chuanting of Dog Day..."
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"I heard Zhao Xin tell me about the Shimenzhai incident back then. What do you think?"
Sun Chuanting has already led people to Yingtan Town in Longhu Mountain. According to the time, today's noon should be the time to negotiate with the She people, while Lu Xiangsheng was left here by Chen Cao. He is suitable for charging into the battle, but not suitable When it comes to commanding an army and playing tricks, it would be most appropriate for Sun Chuanting to do it.
Lu Xiangsheng followed Chen Cao on his horse on his right side. Hearing Chen Cao talk about the past events of the Ming Dynasty, he said: "At that time, Emperor Shenzong had his own conclusions and the words of various ministers. Looking at it now, there is really no way to talk about it. Besides, the ones who were beheaded were only mid-level and lower-level officers, so it should not be a hindrance to the Qi family army itself."
"Wang Bao also said that we are southern barbarians, what do you think?"
Lu Xiangsheng is from Nanzhili. If one goes into general terms, he is really the "Southern Barbarian" in Wang Bao's mouth. Lu Xiangsheng sneered and said: "Generals compete for merit. Brother Boya is also from a military family. He should be Knowing the stakes involved, my uncle asked, is he overturning the case for Qi Jiajun?"
Chen Cao had a smile on his face. Their goal was one of the seventy-two peaks of Longhu Mountain. Today they would go on an outing and wait for the news: "It is unlikely that the verdict will be overturned. Judging from the nature of the party struggle, Qi Shaobao's death was relatively unjust. However, according to Jin Yiwei, the Qi family’s army sacrificed their lives in the Korean War, but the imperial court later owed military pay, and their request was just for military pay.”
"At that time, each soldier in Jiubian Army Town received an annual salary of twenty-seven taels, while the Qi Family Army required forty-seven taels. Even though they contributed a lot to the First World War in Korea, the Ministry of War could not afford this money according to the situation at the time."
Chen Cao turned his head to look at Lu Xiangsheng and asked with a smile: "Are you also paying attention to this matter?"
"It's not intentional. I often learned about it by studying at night before the scientific examination." Lu Xiangsheng shook his head: "However, I still agree with the fact that Qi Jiajun was strict with himself in the battle in Pyongyang."
"If it weren't for this, they wouldn't ask for money from the court. People like Wang Bao are also greedy. The free and treacherous people in the court want more money. Jian Dou, looking back now, is it still interesting?"
"Hey..." Lu Xiangsheng sighed, causing Zhao Xin to look sideways: "Government is not a battle, it is intrigue. The eunuchs guarding each place have their own ideas. If it really falls into the hands of His Majesty, let's take a look. We knew it when Liu Jin was in power during the reign of Emperor Wuzong."
Chen Cao looked at the green water and green mountains in front of him playfully: "Although there are intrigues in the government, the leaders are the ones fighting. Have you personally waved the flag for the Donglin Party?"
Lu Xiangsheng shook his head: "The general's official position is low, how can he have such good fortune?"
"Hahaha..." Chen Cao looked up to the sky and laughed: "The people in the world seem to be happy and healthy, but this phenomenon only exists in our southern Zhili and southeast corner. Even if it is as prosperous as the capital, it can't compare. You are afraid I don’t know how many refugees there were in Beijing at the beginning of this year, a hundred thousand..."
"My uncle knows a lot about world affairs. Does he already have a good strategy to save the country?"
"My nickname, Chen Cao, is Yaozhong. I think this nickname is not good. I should call it good policy. Otherwise, my ambition to govern the country will be buried. It's a pity..." Chen Cao shook his head with a smile: "The person in the court. People with insight all think that we are just a martial artist and cannot be promoted to a noble place. If I hadn’t become an eunuch, there might have been another incident like the Qi Army in Liaodong. It’s not certain that my best strategy for governing the country is to seize the opportunity. That's all, convert internal conflicts into external conflicts and reduce internal pressure. If this continues, there is still hope for the Ming Dynasty to save it."
Lu Xiangsheng heard the words and did not answer again, because he felt that Chen Cao's words were a bit unfounded. Although those rebels and refugees did affect the court, the Ming Dynasty, which had been established for more than two hundred years, was still the same behemoth, and there might be some trouble in wanting to overthrow it easily. difficulty.
Chen Cao didn't say any more. Talking too much about some things might be counterproductive, and he might even be regarded as a monster by others, but that's not necessarily true: "There's nothing good to see in Longhu Mountain. Go back and wait for news from Boya." , maybe the messenger has returned, but it’s not certain.”
