After listening to Huang Zhixian, Xu Ping slowly let out a sigh: "You tell you the truth, which one is the mastermind, and what are the places involved?" ”

"Jiangzhou, Luoyang, Yongkang, Siming Prefecture and Shangsizhou, as well as Luzhou, as for whether there are any lower officials who don't know, but only contact other people, then the lower officials really can't tell. I can't say which is the mastermind in this matter, anyway, everyone has talked a lot about the Bracket Law together, and I don't know why I brought it up. ”

Xu Ping said coldly: "At this point, you don't have to leave anything to chance, and hide it from others, and you can't find the mastermind, then everyone is the mastermind." Then your sins are heavy, have you thought clearly? ”

Huang Zhixian shook his head and sighed: "The little one understands, when it comes to this step of the field, what else can't the little one say?" But that's the way it is, how easy to mess with. ”

Since he said this, Xu Ping no longer dwelled on this matter, closed his eyes, took a breath, and slowly asked, "So, what about Huang Conggui?" The end result? ”

"Run-run-run-"

"What?!" Xu Ping slapped the table suddenly, "The other person is in your house, and you still said that you sent someone to watch it carefully, so that you can run away?" You're no ordinary piece of waste! ”

Since coming to Yongzhou, Huang Conggui has been against Xu Ping, and several years have passed, and such a lost dog who has a home and can't return has repeatedly escaped. It's just that this kid is shrewd and slippery, but he's just a good-for-nothing fool, and God is just joking, leaving him a way to survive every time.

Seeing that Xu Ping was eager to kick himself, Huang Zhixian's heart trembled, and he hurriedly said: "It's all strange that Xiao Xiao was lost for a while, after Wei Zhizhou left, I thought that this was a witness, so I left him to live for a few more days." Unexpectedly, he saw that something was wrong, and his face was silent, and he took advantage of the night to actually-"

Xu Ping waved his hand to stop Huang Zhixian, running is running, and he didn't bother to listen to Huang Zhixian's explanation, this kind of thing is nothing more than a momentary negligence, can it be explained? The key is to catch people quickly.

Huang Zhixian stopped, and Xu Ping said: "Write a picture of what you just said, and then-"

"The little ones are illiterate." Huang Zhixian whispered.

Xu Ping was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that there were really not many literate among these local officials, so he turned his head and ordered Tan Hu, who was standing on the side: "Take Huang Zhixian to the scholar, write the form, and let him draw a monogram!" ”

Tan Hu left with Huang Zhixian, and Xu Ping sat on a chair and looked at the gray bricks on the ground.

Huang Zhixian came to sue at this time, it was nothing more than running away from Huang Conggui, knowing that the matter would be revealed sooner or later, it was better to sell others in advance to make a contribution. He may have been hesitating, but what he saw and heard in the past two days frightened him, and he hurriedly came to Xu Ping.

Xu Ping is now thinking about how to make use of this matter to solve various problems in the Zuojiang Province area to the greatest extent. It seems that there are not many places involved in this incident, in fact, except for one Luzhou located on the border between Song and Jiaozhi, other prefectures and counties are very concentrated, basically all the local officials in the triangle between the Zuojiang River and the Mingjiang River participated, and if it was handled well, Xu Ping could withdraw all the Tuzhou Tuxian in this area, and it would be a hundred.

In the entire Yongzhou region, except for the two or three counties around Yongzhou, which are directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, the other places governed by local officials can be roughly divided into four parts.

The north of the Youjiang River borders Yizhou, and most of the natives are of the same clan as the Yizhou barbarians, and there is no border force involved, and the name of Feng Shenji of Zhizhou can be used to settle down.

Between Zuojiang and Mingjiang is basically the Huang barbarians, with a long history, continuous mountains, and inconvenient transportation. But the mountains are not tall, and there are valleys that connect them, and as long as the roads are repaired, the land can be changed and returned to the stream. Among them, Shangsi Prefecture is more special, it is close to Qinzhou, and there are mountain roads to communicate, which is the gateway from Yongzhou to Qinzhou. Liu Fang's old road was basically closed to Yongzhou before it was zoned to Yongzhou, but the households under his rule were still closely connected with Qinzhou.

Beyond the Ming River is the place where the Song Dynasty and Jiaozhi meet, the forces of all parties are intricate, there are many small states and small counties, and there are many places where the Great Song Dynasty has been sealed with local officials, and Jiaozhi has also been sealed with local officials, and it is not clear if you make great efforts to sort it out. If you want to be peaceful there, you must subdue Jiaozhi, otherwise there will be no peace.

The triangle between the left and right rivers was the sphere of influence of Guangyuan Prefecture, and the Great Song Dynasty was through the two Tuzhou prefectures of Tianzhou and Bozhou, where two nails were stuffed and temporarily put on the defensive. The mountains here are higher, the forests are denser, the people are more sparse, the mountain trails are steep and narrow, and it is extremely difficult to build roads with gunpowder.

To Guangyuan Prefecture only from Hengshanzhai down, the road is difficult and dangerous, it is difficult to march the army. Relatively speaking, the road from Menzhou to there is much smoother, and this road can also lead directly to Dali, and Guangyuan Prefecture is the gateway between Dali and Jiaozhi. Xu Ping vaguely remembered that in the previous life, China's counterattack against Vietnam was divided into two routes, the west road was the road that Dali now entered Jiaozhi through Guangyuan Prefecture, and the east road was from Pingxiang to Langzhou.

With Jiaozhi and Guangyuan Prefecture, Xu Ping is temporarily unable to pacify the entire Yongzhou barbarian land, but it is still possible to clean up the area between the Mingjiang River and the Zuojiang River, and the first notice of Huangzhi County is just this knife.

Tan Hu came back with Huang Zhixian and showed Xu Ping the written statement.

Xu Ping read it, put it aside, and said to Tan Hu: "Take Huang Zhixian down to rest, let him stay in the yamen these days, don't go out and walk around." You find competent people to take care of Huang Zhixian, don't have accidents, Huang Conggui's bastard thing is not allowed to happen to me! ”

Tan Hu promised.

Xu Ping said again: "I have a few warrants here, and you send someone to send them out overnight." One to the Duan Zhixian of Taiping County, one to the Guwanzhai Zhizhai, and one to the Bozhou Zhizhou. Let them all watch the place, if Huang Conggui escapes again, I will find trouble with whoever runs from it! ”

Tan Hu took the warrant written by Xu Pinggang and took Huang Zhixian down.

Outside, a cool breeze gradually rose, blowing the yellow leaves to the ground and swirling with the wind. The weather in Yongzhou in November is like late spring during the day, but it looks like early autumn at night.

On November 26, Xu Ping told all the local officials that after the assembly of Qianlongtong was completed due to the local insecurity, the subordinate local officials of Taiping County and Guwanzhai returned with the Zhongrui army, and the subordinate officials of Yongpingzhai were escorted by the Anyuan army, and the local officials should not leave on their own.

When they received this commandment, they were bewildered, but they did not go to their hearts. It is indeed not safe to walk in the mountains, and it is of course undesirable to be escorted by the officers and soldiers of the imperial court.

Only Jiang Zhizhou and the others found out that Huang Zhixian was missing, and they were uneasy in their hearts, but the officers and soldiers patrolling in Qianlongtong watched it closely, and they did not dare to openly gather together to discuss it for fear of breaking taboos. Secretly bumped his head, and he couldn't say a few words, and he couldn't analyze the reason.

Xu Ping had already secretly ordered his subordinates to keep an eye on these people, and when he got the secret report, he just sneered and didn't bother to pay attention to them. These local officials near Taiping County can't play tricks, and Xu Ping is worried about the two places of Siming Prefecture and Luzhou. Siming Prefecture is strong, Luzhou is on the border, and Jiaozhi is only separated by a river, and these two places are not handled well, which can easily cause local turmoil.

On November 28, Xu Ping was in Qianlongtong to teach his soldiers and horses. Because the township soldiers were not formal troops, neither Gao Daquan nor Zhang Rong's army participated.

At this time, the name of the Xiang Army had not yet officially appeared, but in the border areas, many magistrates began to attach importance to the Xiang Army and conducted teaching and reading from time to time. Whoever teaches and parades the army must issue flags and build numbers, which can be regarded as regular troops that can officially participate in the war, which is separate from the previous miscellaneous military districts. Originally, the large-scale construction of the military in history began with Pang Ji, and in this world, Xu Ping was unconsciously ahead of the curve.

Seeing the neatly armored team in various formations on the school battlefield, the banners were clear and orderly, and all the local officials outside the field were terrified. This is an army that can really go to the battlefield, and it is completely different from their previous rural martial arts scenes. If they set up a battle in an open battlefield, their native soldiers can be said to be ten out of one, and Laiben has some other thoughts in his heart.

After the teaching and reading, it was still a big feast.

Xu Ping led the three rounds of drinking, and under the same pretext as a few days ago, he had returned to the rear office in advance, leaving only the local officials there to drink to their heart's content.

In the back office, An Yuan's military commander hurriedly came in and saluted in front of Xu Ping.

Xu Ping picked up a letter from the table, handed it to Commander Lin, and said: "This is my warrant, you take it with you, go to Siming Prefecture, hand it over to Zhang Zhizhai of Yongping Village, and let him act according to the order." ”

Commander Lin took the letter and promised.

Xu Ping said again: "Although I mentioned to you the matter of Yongping Village two days ago, I didn't explain it thoroughly. I'm going to leave tomorrow, so I'll make it clear to you so that I don't miss something. The Lifting Division has already found out that Huang Anming, the governor of Siming Prefecture, is involved in rebellion, and after you lead the troops to Yongping Village, together with Zhang Zhizhai, arrest Huang Anming's family. There is his lair, and there are many of his subordinates, so things must be cautious. Remember, only the first offender is caught, and irrelevant people are not asked! Afterwards, let Zhang Zhizhai send the prisoners to the Xitong Incident Promotion Division in Taiping County, and you will be stationed there with the people and horses, and listen to Zhang Zhizhai's moderation for the time being! ”

Commander Lin answered, and then asked, "What if Siming Prefecture is in turmoil?" ”

Xu Ping said: "You focus on deterrence, try to suppress it and don't make trouble." If there are people there who must cause trouble, then quickly cut through the mess and catch them all, and do not let the troublemakers escape. As before, after the chaos has subsided, only the first evil will be arrested, and the rest will not be asked! ”

"W-isn't that too lenient?"

Xu Ping shook his head: "What we have is time, the so-called settlement after the autumn, of course, we have to receive the harvest in the warehouse before we can do it, do you understand?" ”

"The little one understands!"

"There is also the governor of Luzhou, and he also took it in Simingzhou, don't let him go back!"

"If we take Zhizhou, won't Luzhou be reversed?"

Xu Ping sighed: "It's the opposite, I can't care so much." ”

"Actually, there are 500 soldiers and horses here, plus most of the commanders who were originally stationed in Yongping Village, and the manpower is enough. Why don't you take Siming Prefecture and go straight to Luzhou with light troops! ”

Xu Ping shook his head and sighed: "Have you forgotten how Li Zhizhai was killed in the fifth year of Tiansheng?" Hmph, I was ambushed on the road, and I don't know who did it when the people are gone! Don't do that again. Luzhou is separated from Jiaozhi by a water, and it is still too risky to do it now, so let it go first. If they do do the opposite, I have my own way here, and you don't have to worry about that. ”

Commander Lin couldn't say anything more, so he took the order.

Xu Ping sat there, his face not looking good. What should I do if Luzhou is reversed? There's really no good way to do it. He didn't want to have Li Xu's nest under his own hands, so he could only drive the tiger and devour the wolf, forcing the surrounding local officials to besiege Luzhou. Luzhou is not easy to fight, there are always good fights, and then it will be up to you which one is unlucky.