Chen Xin heard the secretary's words, stood up, turned around the table twice, and thought slowly.

This Mao Chengzuo was originally also a small character with no name, and Chen Xin only heard about this person from the report of the intelligence department when he ordered to hunt down and kill the Ming army of Phi Dao who was preparing to defect to Houjin in the incident of the split of Phi Island last year.

In the history before Chen Xin did not travel before, this Mao Chengzuo and many Mao Wenlong's nephews, righteous sons and others have always been haunted by Mao Wenlong's death.

After Yuan Chonghuan was ordered to be executed by Chongzhen, it was inconvenient for these Mao Wenlong's sons and nephews to come forward, but there were other officers who were "not surnamed Mao" who had served in Dongjiang Town, and Shangshu asked for compensation, grace, and rehabilitation for Mao Wenlong.

However, this matter did not "conform to the emperor's heart", this is forcing Chongzhen to admit his mistake, how can he be agreed.

Emperor Chongzhen, after Yuan Chonghuan falsely passed on the holy decree without authorization and killed Mao Wenlong, due to the situation, he said something in favor of Yuan Chonghuan's behavior, and also provided a legal basis for Yuan Chonghuan's private actions.

At this time, although Yuan Chonghuan was ordered to be executed for some reasons, he was not willing to slap himself in the face.

Therefore, in the end, Chongzhen still rejected Mao Wenlong's request for rehabilitation and compensation from the officers of Dongjiang Town on the grounds that Mao Wenlong "spent military salaries and contained no success".

However, in fact, Chongzhen also knew in his heart that Mao Wenlong was mistakenly killed by Yuan Chonghuan, so he still agreed to let Mao Wenlong's family welcome Mao Wenlong's bones back to his hometown for burial.

In this way, Emperor Chongzhen took care of his own face. But in the same way, the face of Mao Wenlong's descendants is lost.

Mao Wenlong has been operating in Dongjiang Town for so many years, and after his death, although his descendant forces have been gradually squeezed out of the core of power under the operation of Yuan Chonghuan, the most elite family forces in the army of Dongjiang Town are all in the books of the Mao family.

The Mao family, who holds the most elite strength of the Dongjiang Town Soldiers, everyone feels embarrassed, and the resentment in their hearts accumulates even more.

suffered such a big grievance, and was not rehabilitated, plus after the Houjin entered the court, Yuan Chonghuan and the Ming Dynasty no longer paid attention to this group of miscellaneous soldiers who were controlled by Yuan Chonghuan by cutting off food, so that there were many famines on the island, and these Dongjiang Town generals were loyal to the Ming court and Emperor Chongzhen, but there was nothing left.

Later, after Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng launched a rebellion in Shandong and occupied Dengzhou City, they gathered as soon as they raised their arms, but it was really not without reason.

Chen Xin remembered that it seemed that at that time, these officers of the Mao family ran over to Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng.

At that time, when the two of them were officially complacent, with a wave of their hands, they gave these former bosses' sons and nephews several senior positions such as chief soldiers and deputy generals.

Later, the Ming court mobilized heavy troops to attack the rebels in Shandong, and Kong Youde had no choice but to go to sea.

Many of the Mao family members who defected to Kong Youde were subsequently captured and executed by the newly appointed Huanglong, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town.

I just don't know if this Mao Chengzuo ended like this. Chen Xin really can't remember.

However, now is not the time to dwell on the historical truth, and he still has to consider the "handling" of Mao Chengzuo as soon as possible, after all, people have sent "negotiators".

Fortunately, Chen Xin did not have Chongzhen's kind of face concerns.

Moreover, there has been a discussion within the kingdom for a long time, and everyone agrees that Dongjiang Town is a political force that must be fought for.

That's right, political power, not military power.

In fact, any officer in the kingdom knew that the remnants of the so-called official army in Dongjiang Town were simply vulnerable and weak in front of the Chinese army.

Even if they can eat their stomachs, they can't fight hard with the Houjin army head-on, so they can only rely on sneak attacks to slowly grind with the Houjin army, not to mention that the current Dongjiang Town has always been hungry.

Therefore, everyone agrees that this is a political force that can win over their own camp.

First of all, it is much better to collect this group of Ming troops who have little combat effectiveness than to be collected by the Houjin side and act as accomplices in the robbery of the enemy army.

On the other hand, this can also set an example for the kingdom to conquer the Ming Dynasty in the future, gather the Ming Dynasty officials and troops, and accumulate some relevant experience.

After thinking about it, Chen Xin asked the secretary, "Does the secretariat have a relevant plan for how to treat Mao Chengzuo?" ”

When the secretariat was established, it recruited the heterogeneous existence of the tiger ben, that is, some "slippery heads" who were accustomed to outwitting and winning.

Moreover, these secretaries have been assisting Chen Xin for several years, and with the continuous growth of the kingdom's population and territory, the level of participation of the secretary office is getting higher and higher. Correspondingly, the "calculating" ability of the Secretariat staff is also increasing day by day.

A tacit understanding has long been formed between the Secretariat and Chen Xin, and they know that they need to prepare in advance for Chen Xin's reference, so the secretary has been prepared.

Now, after listening to Chen Xin's unexpected question, he immediately replied without hesitation, "Mao Chengzuo is the heir of Mao Wenlong, after Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong, he divided Dongjiang Town into four associations, this Mao Chengzuo alone commanded one of the associations, and within Dongjiang Town, Mao Chengzuo's prestige is far from being comparable to Kong Youde, Li Jiucheng and others.

Last year, the kingdom used thunderous means to clean up a group of soldiers and horses in Dongjiang Town who were ready to take refuge in Houjin.

At present, the kingdom has just received the soldiers and horses of Dongjiang Town in the Lushun region.

We believe that Mao Chengzuo sent someone to negotiate at this time, just because he had a tentative mind.

At the same time, he was also afraid, the kingdom army had the intention to deal with him, so he himself did not dare to come easily.

After argumentation, the secretariat believes that we need to fight for Mao Chengzuo, and when necessary, the conditions can be better.

On the one hand, it is possible to give up certain benefits to his current pillar industries, that is, ginseng, deer antler, mink and other things in the Northeast, and give a slightly higher price.

The second aspect is that the kingdom's grain control to Dongjiang Town can be slightly relaxed, and when their food is not enough to eat, they can sell some domestic grain to them.

Of course, this opening cannot be opened too much, and the kingdom's food control regulations still cannot be lifted, this is just special support under special circumstances. ”

After hearing this, Chen Xin smiled and praised, "Very good, the method is good, all kinds of tempting methods are very clever." ”