A day later, the army reached the territory of Tianjin. When passing through Jinghai County, Xia Nan looked at the county city wall that was not human, and couldn't help but sigh that if the various departments cooperated effectively, this would have been the burial place of Abatai, but because of the internal constraints of the Ming army, a great opportunity was lost. However, the setback of this battle directly led to his entry into Beijing, and he now has the harvest of the position of general and the land in charge of the three provinces.

He instructed left and right: "Bring Panda and Wang Hong over." ”

The soldiers brought the two over, and as soon as the two saw Xia Nan, they quickly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

Xia Nan said: "Originally, I was not a person who liked to beat the water dogs, and now you can't go back to your original position, so there's no point in tossing you anymore......"

Wang Hong didn't understand the meaning of this, but Panda was much more flexible, knowing that since he was used as a bargaining chip to blackmail the emperor and Yang Sichang, his fate had been doomed, and it was impossible for the two of them to continue to be Tianjin soldiers and Tianjin soldiers, even if Nanfa let them go in the summer, the emperor and Yang Sichang would not allow them to continue to live in this world.

Sure enough, Xia Nan continued: "Anyway, your life is short, to tell you the truth, the emperor and Yang Sichang are preparing to negotiate peace with the Tartars, and the orders you received before are all around this plan, but this thing can only be done secretly, and you can't see the light, so you are destined to become sacrificed pawns." The world is so big that there is no place for you anymore, so I will treat it as a good deed today, and let you die in the place where you are officials, even if you die, you will be blind, right? ”

When Wang Hong heard this, he screamed like a pig, but to no avail, several soldiers raised their bayonets and sent them forward, ending his life.

Xia Nan turned to Panda: "General Wang has died in his own station, what about you, do you want to be a difficult brother with him here nearby, or go back to Tianjin Guards to prepare for the Yamen and then go on the road?" As long as you open your mouth, I will fulfill your little wish before you die. ”

Pan Da humbly knelt on the ground and said respectfully: "Killing such a criminal official as me is just a gesture for Pingnanhou, and the lower officials dare not ask your old man to forgive me for the wrong things I have done. However, the Marquis of Pingnan was named a general, and when he was in charge of the three provinces at the beginning, there must still be a shortage of people. The lower officials are not talented, and they have certain experience in the overall allocation of grain and grass materials, and the transfer arrangements of the people and the hungry people, and are willing to serve the work of the dogs and horses for the Pingnan Hou, and will atone for their sins. ”

Xia Nan was surprised and asked, "You are not a free body, how can you know this news?" ”

Pan Da said with a smile: "Xia Guan was just imprisoned, and he didn't cover his eyes and ears, and the people who guarded me didn't deliberately hide it, as long as you have a heart, it's not difficult to find out about these things." ”

In the summer, Nanguaner, this guy was in a state of embarrassment, he did not break the jar, and he resigned himself to fate like Wang Hong, but actively tried to save himself, and knew how to vote for his own favor, which is also rare. Regardless of his character, it can be seen that he is a talent from this one thing alone.

Xia Nan is also a principled and flexible person, the rebel generals under Gao Yingxiang's command can be taken in, not to mention a former soldier who is not allowed by the imperial court? He thought for a moment and said, "Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, and since you have this heart, I can also give you a chance to make up for the mistakes you have done." "The burning of the granary, fundamentally speaking, Yang Sichang is the real culprit behind the scenes, and Panda is just a minion who aids in the abuse, so it is naturally not a big problem to let him go.

Panda was overjoyed and thanked: "Thank you Pingnanhou for your magnanimity, and the lower officials are grateful." ”

Back then, he was demoted from a promising Kedao Yanguan to Tianjin Wei, and he was able to quickly adjust his mentality and do a good job, which shows that Panda is also a very adaptable person, facing Xia Nan, a martial artist who he disdained more than ten days ago, to today he asked to be taken in in a low voice, with an extremely natural attitude and no sense of disobedience.

Since he has become an abandoned son of the imperial court, hugging Xia Nan's thigh has become the only choice. Panda wanted to prove his ability, so he took the initiative to ask: "I heard that Pingnanhou took in more than 100,000 people captured by the Tartars and wanted to transport them back to Qiongzhou?" ”

This question is exactly the problem that plagues Xia Nan. At the beginning, more than 30,000 displaced people who received Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong's coalition army in the battle of Qiuyushan, in order to smoothly transport them back to Lingao, he also personally sat in Nanjing, which lasted more than a month; Earlier, a total of 50,000 or 60,000 people were recruited from Shandong, and with the full assistance of the governor of Denglai, almost all members of the Qiong Navy participated, which lasted for half a year, and the time and labor costs were extremely high. Now that the number of people in this group has exceeded the sum of the previous two times, how to safely and smoothly transport them back to Lingao has become a huge test.

Xia Nan sighed and replied, "Yes, I'm worrying about this!" I have done it in Nanzhili and Shandong earlier, and I have some experience, but so many people still find it tricky...... Moreover, these are the people in the Gyeonggi area, whose families are relatively well-off, not those homeless hungry people in Shandong, nor the displaced people in northern Shaanxi who are displaced and unable to eat, and it is still a big question whether they are willing to go with me. ”

Pan Da said with a smile: "That's the kindness of the Marquis of Pingnan, and it's the gospel of these mud-legged people." Dare to ask Lord Hou, did you ever open conditions for recruiting hungry people in Shandong? ”

Xia Nan nodded: "Yes, Mr. Sima, you can talk about the specific regulations." ”

Sima De is like a number of family treasures: "Those who are willing to go to Qiongzhou can receive a settlement fee of five taels per person, and more than three people will be allocated a ploughing cow, and the income from the first two years of cultivation does not need to pay any taxes, and since the third year, two stones of grain per mu will be paid every year, and the surplus grain will be stored by itself." If there are those who do not want to cultivate, they can enter the factory to work, not limited to men and women, and the remuneration is rich; Those who pass the screening can also join the army as soldiers......"

"It's too generous......" Before he could finish listening, Panda shook his head again and again, "Master Hou, those hungry people were just that, and now these 100,000 people are doing according to this charter, they will get 500,000 taels of silver, 30,000 ploughing cattle, and they don't pay taxes for the first two years, what kind of expenditure is this?" Even if Hou Ye is rich and can afford to give silver, where will the 30,000 ploughing cattle come from? ”

"This ......"

Panda analyzed: "Although I don't know much about Liangguang, it is almost impossible to get 30,000 ploughing cattle at a time. If promises are not kept, the expectations of these mud legs are too high, the greater the disappointment, and if they don't get it right, they will cause riots. I thought that this charter had to be changed. ”

Xia Nan listened to his analysis quite like it, so he asked, "Then how do you say to change it?" If the treatment is different from the previous immigration, how can it be appeased by comparing with each other? ”

Panda cleared his throat, cheered up, and said, "Disrupt all the people of the same clan and village, so that they cannot make a connection with each other, and then they will not be given a penny of settling-in allowance, and the ploughing cattle will not be allocated for the time being." Let them reclaim the famine by themselves, support themselves if they are diligent, and fend for themselves if they are lazy, and pay a lot of taxes, but they can apply for a deferment of payment, and pay them together when they have a harvest, so that they will think about how to live, and they will be tired and half dead every day, and they will not have the energy to compare, let alone make trouble. The common people can't be too accustomed to it, they have to take a rope to lead, whip it from time to time, and keep it obedient, so that it is the way to control the people. ”