Not long after, a young eunuch hurriedly stood outside the palace and looked at Wang Ji.
Wang Ji walked out quickly, and the little eunuch whispered something in his ear.
When Wang Ji came in, everyone looked at him.
Wang Ji hurriedly said: "In early February, various people appeared outside Zhenyuan Fucheng."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Zhizheng became angry: "Are the people in Zhenyuan Mansion blind? Deaf? Why didn't you arrest these people? Why did you have the nerve to report this to the court? Why didn't you people know this at all? Something?"
Cold sweat broke out on Wang Ji's forehead: "Your Majesty, please calm down. When Zhenyuan Mansion reported this matter, they only said that it was the thunder-forbidden festival for soil seedlings. Every year in early February, soil seedlings would walk out of their homes when the spring thunder exploded for the first time. Gather together in one place and fire cannons into the sky! The report says that there are especially many people this year, and the sound of cannons is fired from everywhere, like two armies fighting, which lasts for several hours."
"The government, the government prevents soil seedlings from attacking the city, so..."
"That's why they were such shy bastards, so they took it for granted that it was a thunder-forbidden day, so the bastards at the Ministry of War just thought it was a normal thing and filed the transfer document away!"
"Yes or no?"
Facing a series of questions from Emperor Zhizheng, the three cabinet ministers all knelt down. Because the matter happened in the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War was under the control of Xu Song, Xu Song was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, this is the teacher Yizhen, Please, Your Majesty, punish the old minister for his negligence!"
Emperor Zhizheng glared at Xu Song, intending to punish him, but after asking himself, he knew that this was also the court's routine handling process.
The people in Zhenyuan Mansion really did nothing wrong.
The place was a gathering place for native people, and barbarians such as Miao and Dong often attacked the county government and killed officials in rebellion.
With so many firecrackers blaring for several hours at once, the local police station would definitely be worried that someone would take the opportunity to do evil.
No one could have imagined that the rebels would actually mix among the seedlings and head north on the occasion of the Ji Lei Festival.
Thinking of this, Emperor Zhizheng calmed down a little, and he waved his hand to let everyone get up.
At this time, Qin Yan, who had just stood up, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, we must not let the rebels enter Sichuan. We must order all the guards in Sichuan and Shaanxi to step up their vigilance. If they encounter rebels, they must not fight without hesitation. Especially in Hanzhong, the dangerous passes are particularly critical. We must not allow thieves to go northward and enter Guanzhong again."
Hearing this, Emperor Zhizheng became angry.
Sichuan, the land of abundance, has a dangerous terrain. Once the thieves are allowed to enter, it will be much more difficult for the army to suppress the rebels than in Hefei, a place with four wars.
Not to mention Guanzhong, if Guanzhong is occupied, the situation in the north will immediately deteriorate, and even Henan, Shanxi, and even the capital will be in danger.
"Xu Song, among the three of you, you are the one who knows the most about military affairs. What do you think we should do for now?"
Xu Song frowned and did not immediately reply to Emperor Zhizheng's words. After a moment, he replied: "Your Majesty, the threat of the thieves is not yet clear, so we should calm them down!"
Wu Xingbang shook his head when he heard this and said: "Zhongwang's words are inappropriate. If a thief enters Sichuan, what if he takes advantage of the danger and defends himself like Ji Han?"
This is what Emperor Zhengzheng fears the most. Liu Bei became the hegemon after entering Sichuan. What if this gang of rebels also takes Sichuan as their base and separates the territory to wait for the right time?
Qin Yan also shook his head, seeming to disagree with Xu Song's words.
Xu Song explained at this time: "Your Majesty, these thieves are going to war. After entering Sichuan, they will not go to Kuizhou Prefecture, nor can they go to Shunqing Prefecture. Their target must be the wealthy Ba County of Chongqing Prefecture!"
Xu He heard his uncle's analysis and nodded immediately.
Kuizhou is Fengjie in later generations, and Shunqing is Nanchong and other places in later generations.
This one is to the north of Jiannansi, and the other is to the west of Jiannansi.
Chongqing, on the other hand, is southwest of Jiannansi.
Although Fengjie and Nanchong are also big mansions, as Xu Song said, the thieves traveled all the way from Guangxi to this place just to occupy these two places.
Unless their goal is Shaanxi.
But the Shu road into Shaanxi is extremely dangerous. It's a good thing that these people were not discovered. Now that they have been discovered by the court, Xu Song is really eager for them to enter Shaanxi from Sichuan. By then, he can kill them in Shu just by waiting for work. Under many obstacles!
In this way, we only need to prevent the thieves from going west to Chongqing and Chengdu.
"Hurry and put all guard stations on alert!"
Xu Song cupped his hands and said, "Before coming, I had already ordered people to hurry up and send messages to five people in Sichuan and eight troops to prepare for the road."
Emperor Zhizheng nodded, finally feeling a little relieved: "You go back first, I will recruit you into the palace when there is news!"
It seems that Emperor Zhizheng has accepted Xu Song's method of calming him down.
Qin Yan and others had no choice but to leave temporarily.
Before leaving, several people looked at Xu He.
Xu Hegang was about to say goodbye and pick up Huiheng back.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the ministers left, Emperor Zhengzheng stroked his beard and said, "You guessed it right!"
Xu He didn't want to make excuses in front of his father-in-law, so he said directly: "Thank you, Uncle Kun, for teaching me!"
Unexpectedly, the emperor shook his head: "Xie Kun is naive and can make decisions at the moment. Let him predict the enemy first..."
Before he finished speaking, Emperor Zhizheng said: "That's all, Xu He, since you guessed it right, then you can tell me, is it possible to calm it down as your uncle said?"
Naturally, Xu He would not dismantle Xu Song, not to mention what Xu Song said was very reasonable.
But Xu He still said: "Xiaochen's uncle is right. Before the matter is clarified, it is better to be still than to move. But Xiaochen..."
Seeing his hesitation, Emperor Zhizheng said, "Speak!"
Xu He frowned: "Your Majesty, I have a guess in my mind. I don't know whether to tell it or not."
Emperor Zhizheng looked at him and said, "Say it!"
Xu He then said: "I feel that there are experts among the rebel thieves. No matter what we do now, we will follow the thieves' arrangements."
"You mean, calm it down?"
Xu He nodded.
Emperor Zhizheng frowned and said, "Then why did you just..."
Xu He explained: "Your Majesty, what Uncle Chen said is the best way at this time."
"When something really happens in Sichuan, the army will definitely enter Sichuan."
"Is there anything wrong?"
Xu He nodded: "If the thieves wanted to attack Chongqing, why did they go north and then south? They could have gone directly from Zhenyuan Mansion to Wuzhou, invaded Chongqing, and caught the court by surprise."
Emperor Zhizheng knew that the Wuzhou mentioned by Xu He here was not the ancient name of Jinhua, Zhejiang, but the place bordering Chongqing in the north of Tongren, Guizhou.
Yes, why do thieves seek far away from the near?
Xu He continued: "Moreover, if you go from Jiannansi to Chongqing in the southwest, you have to go upstream along the river or Sanjiang River and Luxi, and the land route is even more dangerous!"
Emperor Zhizheng suddenly realized: "You mean that the target of the thief is not Chongqing at all."
Xu He was a little speechless: "It might be Chongqing, but I'm not afraid even if this group of people's target is Chongqing, because in my estimation, these people are just suspicious soldiers!"
"Suspicious soldier?"
