After the time entered March of the seventh year of Wanli, the war in the southwest showed a one-sided trend, with the continuous increase of the imperial court to quell the rebellion, the original chaos of the three provinces was quickly flattened. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The rebels from all walks of life, who seemed to be huge and could make many state capitals lose one after another, have completely lost their backbone and spirit after Yang Yinglong's death, although there are still people resisting, but everyone can see that this is clearly the last struggle.

While the war in the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan was still in full swing, the whole territory of Guangxi was exceptionally calm, and Guangxi, which had already eliminated the hidden danger of rebellion, had already begun the busiest spring ploughing of the year, and many officials were also involved in the complicated affairs of persuading farmers to serve farmers.

Because the damage to Guangxi caused by this turmoil is too great, whether it is the decline in population or the loss of land and grain, it will be necessary for the officials and people of Guangxi to make up for it with all their strength in the coming period.

Fortunately, after this chaos, the cloud of toast that has been hanging over everyone's heads has disappeared, and the people's food tax burden has been reduced much compared with before, so perhaps after a few years of hard work, it can be restored to the level before the chaos.

On the seventh day of the third lunar month, when other officials were still haunting the fields and preaching to the people the various policies of the imperial court to emphasize agriculture and support agriculture, Tang Guangchen, the governor of the highest official, did not appear at the same time, he was sitting opposite Yang Zhen at the moment, talking leisurely. Just because Yang Zhen had decided, he took his leave and returned to the capital.

In fact, according to reason, with the various contributions Yang Zhen has made to Guangxi these days, if he leaves, he should be ceremoniously sent off by the people and officials. But he immediately refused: "Now is the time when everything is in ruins, how can I delay the business of the whole place because I am alone?" Moreover, I am doing this just to do my duty as a minister, and I really can't afford everyone's praise. ”

Seeing that Yang Zhen was so persistent, and the current situation within the government was indeed the case, Tang Guangchen did not insist more. However, in order to show respect, he still specially invited Yang Zhen to his front and saw him off.

It's just that there is no wine in this send-off, let alone a wine banquet, and some are just a pot of tea and a few wild vegetables.

Looking at this simple thing, Tang Guangchen said apologetically: "I have wronged Lord Yang, but I want to send you away with water instead of wine." ”

Yang Zhen picked up the teacup and took a sip of the very bitter local mountain tea, and after its astringency dissipated, there was a trace of sweetness rippling between his lips and teeth: "Lord Tang's words are too foreign, what happened to Guangxi this time, I Yang Zhen don't know." It's a pleasure to be able to come up with these. If you really prepare to eat some delicacies, I will look down on you. ”

"Haha, Lord Yang is really a member of my generation, Tang admires it! To be honest, I, Tang Guangchen, have never admired a few people in my life, but I am convinced by you, Lord Yang. Whether it is courage, strategy or ability, you are the first person Tang has seen in this life. When my Guangxi suffered such a great change, I was fortunate to have Lord Yang here, so I could turn the tide of the tide, so let me toast you on behalf of the officials and people of Guangxi. Tang Guangchen said, solemnly picked up the teacup, and drank the tea in it in one sip, just like drinking.

Yang Zhen also drank a cup when he saw it: "Lord Tang has an overreputation, and he is ashamed to be ashamed." Therefore, today's situation is more due to the fact that the officers and men of the three armed forces have used their lives and the officials have performed their duties. In this, Lord Tang, your credit is also not small, I have seen all of this. ”

What he said was not polite words, although Tang Guangchen's performance in this rebellion was far less eye-catching than Yang Zhen and Xiao Duo, and he did not rush to the front line, but in the invisible place, he, the governor, did a lot of behind-the-scenes work, whether it was to appease the people, or to raise food and materials, he led many officials to do it. Yang Zhen naturally knows all this.

When Tang Guangchen heard this, his heart was also warm: "Lord Yang really knows everything, and the officials admire it." ”

Yang Zhen smiled faintly, and then frowned again: "However, there is one thing I hope Lord Tang can be prepared, even if your merits during this period are great, but in the end, when the imperial court recounts the merits, your merits are likely to be divided by the officers and soldiers of the other defeated armies." ”

A soft sigh came from Tang Guangchen's mouth, how could he not know this result? After all, the imperial court was far away from the southwest, and all they could receive was some general war reports. In the coming period, the authorities in Beijing will continue to receive good news from the southwest, and when the time comes, the credit will naturally go to the hands of the so-called reinforcements who have been delayed until the overall situation is almost decided.

In fact, there have been many complaints about this in the past few days. I waited for hard support and finally got such a victory, but as a result, someone rushed to pick peaches and took away the biggest credit, which no one can accept calmly.

But the truth is so realistic, even if they have great dissatisfaction, they are helpless. After smiling bitterly, Tang Guangchen said: "This point, this official was indeed a little unpleasant before, but if you think about it carefully, compared to those ordinary soldiers, they can only be promoted one or two levels when they fight to the death, or get some cloth rewards, but I, who is sitting in the city, can monopolize the first merit, which is already a big advantage." Not to mention the sergeants who died in this turmoil, they couldn't even get any credit. Compared to that, what is my grievance? ”

"My lord is noble, and my subordinates admire it." Yang Zhen praised sincerely, and at the same time bowed his hand to show solemnity.

In fact, just before, his brothers expressed their dissatisfaction with this, thinking that those troops who only entered the southwest this year to quell the rebellion were just grabbing credit, which was really chilling. Yang Zhen was helpless about this, after all, he didn't have any intersection with these armies, and it was impossible to target them because of this.

However, from this point, it can be seen how serious the problem of the Ming army has been, and it is clear that they are scoundrels who hide when they are in difficulty and rob when they see the merits. When the situation in the southwest was unfavorable and only Guangxi was struggling to support it, even if they received orders from the imperial court, they could not delay it under various excuses. It was not until the situation took a sharp turn and the Guangxi official army launched a counteroffensive that they raised troops to attack at the same time.

With such an army, how can the Ming Dynasty defend the country? It's no wonder that decades later, those guys dragging pigs' tails can sweep the entire Central Plains with only 20,000 or 30,000 people......

Fortunately, Yang Zhen and Jin Yiwei are different from these local officials after all, and no one dares to rob them of their merits, so although those brothers under them are dissatisfied, they just complain a few words.

"Actually, to be honest, this time the official doesn't ask for any credit, as long as the court doesn't blame it, let me offset the merits, it's enough to be grateful." After a deep groan, Tang Guangchen said suddenly.

"Why do you say that?" Yang Zhen was a little strange.

Tang Guangchen smiled: "Although this chaos started because of the White Lotus rebels and those toasts, there will always be people who will blame us magistrates, this is inevitable, this is one of them." After a meal, he took a sip of tea and moistened his throat and continued: "Second, Lord Yang, don't forget, King Jing's death is not a trivial matter, I am the governor of Guangxi, and I am in Guilin, how can such a major crime be light?" ”

Yang Zhen recalled that there was still this matter, and it was precisely because of the death of King Jing that the government took the initiative to attack, which kept Guilin City from losing. At the time, he thought it was the best solution, but now it seems that it is also a big hidden danger.

This realization made Yang Zhen feel a little guilty, because King Jing was killed by him after all, although no one knew about this, but after all, God knows what he knows. What's more, now that he and Tang Guangchen have a certain friendship, it is even more difficult to say about this matter.

"But don't worry, Lord Yang, this matter will be borne by the official himself, and it will not affect you. King Jing's body was also buried in the tomb after that, and there will be no more variables. Tang Guangchen said again.

Because Yang Zhen was distracted, he didn't understand the deep meaning of his words at that time. It wasn't until after his farewell that I recalled his words and the expression on his face when he spoke, that I realized what it meant.

Obviously, after the incident, the government had noticed some flaws when they reviewed King Jing's body. It's just that because the wood was already in the boat at that time, it was impossible for them to hold Yang Zhen accountable, and they had to rely on this matter to unite the entire army and people in the city, so they could only make mistakes and make mistakes.

But before he left, Tang Guangchen said this vaguely, in order to naturally sell him a favor, so as to pave more roads for the future. In this regard, Yang Zhen naturally understood that at least after returning to Beijing, he would say more for these people in Guangxi, so that they would not suffer too much in the final meritorious reward.

Although this Tang Guangchen seems to be peaceful and honest, his mind is actually far above ordinary people.

However, this send-off was harmoniously dispersed, Yang Zhen and Tang Guangchen not only did not have any conflicts, but also seemed to have a consistent opponent. After a gentle conversation, Yang Zhen got up and said goodbye. Then, he rode lightly and quietly left Guilin City.

Soon after leaving the city, he joined up with the other brothers who had been out of the city two days earlier, and then everyone rode horses to escort the second daughter in the carriage on the road back to Beijing.

At this time, in the southwest, the chaos had been settled, and soon after, Banzhou City was completely broken by the official army, and Hou Chang, Xuan Dazhong and others were all captured alive, and finally ended up in a different place. As for the other rebels, they were also either surrendered or killed, and the power of the Miao Zhuang and other clans in the southwest was empty, and the imperial court's control over this place was also greatly enhanced.

Of course, that's all for later......

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