The first person to know the content of the letter was Zhao Tianba, and after pondering for a while, Major Zhao came to Deng Ming mysteriously, and said as soon as they met: "Dashuai, let me go back to sit in Chengdu for Dashuai." ”

Since Deng Ming got the rank of Zuo Dudu, Zhao Tianba has changed his title the fastest, I don't know if it's because Li Dingguo invited Deng Ming. Now Zhao Tianba has led all the officers of the army to start calling Deng Ming a big handsome, which gives Deng Ming a strong warlord feeling, he can only secretly congratulate himself that he is still young and will not be detained as an "old handsome", then it is really a warlord who has not run away.

"Oh?" Zhao Tianba's request made Deng Ming feel a little surprised, because he knew that the other party had been eagerly looking forward to making a name for himself on the battlefield, this time for the shame of the Son of Heaven, crusading against the rebellious subject country, Zhao Tianba has been quite excited since the expedition: "Didn't you shout a few days ago that you must destroy Burma?" I don't agree to fight a war to destroy the country, you still look like a wronged little daughter-in-law, and you can read the full text in the small space of the last days. ”

"Where?" Hearing that Deng Ming actually described himself as a woman, Zhao Tianba was furious, and was about to argue when his expression suddenly eased, and pulled back the topic that was almost led astray by Deng Ming: "I have high skills and prestige and knowledge, if the handsome man sends a partial division to the south of the Yangtze River, how should he master the heat and scale, and who else should I be?" ”

Deng Ming saw that Zhao Tianba was not blushing and arguing with himself about whether the description just now was appropriate, and immediately understood that the latter was indeed very similar to asking for this errand. In the past, when he was in Hubei, Zhao Tianba wanted to play the role of Guan Yu, and when Deng Ming ran Xichuan, he was responsible for Deng Ming to guard Jingzhou, but for various reasons, he was unable to realize his wish. Now Zhao Tianba suddenly found that there seemed to be a similar opportunity, that is, to sit in Sichuan for Deng Ming and become the first general in the western Sichuan group to take charge - this will definitely be famous all over the world.

Deng Ming had an idea just now, that is, to hand over the decision-making power to the Senate and the Imperial Parliament, but this idea is just a prototype, the Qingcheng Gang in the Senate is not very reassuring to Deng Ming, and the Imperial Parliament is not even a shadow, now only Xuzhou has a parliament, and Liu Jinge in Chengdu is angry with the spoils, so although Deng Ming told him that he could also build a Chengdu Parliament, Liu Jinge has not done it.

"If Zhao Tianba is put in charge, it may not be worse than the House and the Parliament, and there should always be a general person in charge, right?" Deng Ming pondered for a while, the only thing that was certain was that he couldn't control Sichuan remotely.

Although he didn't reply immediately, Deng Ming was already going to agree to Zhao Tianba's request, but how to establish his prestige for Zhao Tianba and make everyone else obey Zhao Tianba's orders was a headache. Zhou Kaihuang and they have always pretended to be on an equal footing with Zhao Tianba, and Li Xinghan is still the first Sichuan army officer to be promoted to lieutenant colonel, if Zhao Tianba is to preside over the strategy, he must be promoted to colonel, but even so, it may not be able to convince others.

Because of the extreme lack of talents under his subordinates, Deng Ming never let go of any opportunity to train officers, and the next meeting did not discuss the issue of going to Burma again, but published Liu Tichun's letter at the discussion meeting, and then let the officers express their opinions.

"Why do you want to rob the gentry? Their ancestors must have diligent and capable ancestors, and then they can provide for their children to study, and it will take several generations to accumulate some family property. The officers from the old Sichuan army were puzzled by this, and some officers from peasant families in Huguang did not agree to attack the gentry, for these people, the gentry were their role model, and if it was peacetime, they also hoped to lead their family on such a path.

Compared to these people, the officers under Deng Ming who broke into the camp were actually quite limited, and only the officers who led the team on the three walls had the same views as Liu Tichun, that is, these guys were all rich and unkind, and they shaved their heads and lowered their tartars, which can be called a great crime. However, there were very few people who held this view, and the voices were quickly drowned out by the opposition of others.

Zhao Tianba couldn't listen to it anymore, and stood up and shouted: "Even the governors appointed by the Imperial Court feel that they are loyal to the Imperial Court, so what is there to doubt?" If this kind of scum is not eliminated as soon as possible, are they still waiting for them to donate money and help the captive court? ”

Zhao Tianba's words calmed down most of the voices, he has the highest rank in the army, and he does have the ability, although Deng Ming's discussion meeting can speak freely, but the army is still the best place in the world in the final analysis, so after seeing the senior officer speak, those who contradict Zhao Tianba's opinion began to review whether their own views were wrong.

"How do we know if these people are hardcore pro-Qing factions?" Deng Ming saw that there was silence in the venue, so he had to stand up and ask questions.

"Jiang Guozhu has a disagreement with the Imperial Court, and he will definitely get rid of those who support the Imperial Court." Zhao Tianba replied confidently.

"That's right, but the list was provided by Jiang Guozhu, how do you know that he won't write some people's names because he covets their property? Maybe this person used to do business with us, maybe he was a man with a big heart—this is just as harmful to Jiang Guozhu, isn't it? After all, he is still the governor of Jiangning in Yuting, and I heard that he may be officially promoted to the governor of Liangjiang at the end of the year. For Chiang and Zhang Chao, those who might be able to tip off Beijing were unreliable, but those who might be able to tip us off and seemed likely to turn to us were just as much a treasure trove of rebirth for those who influenced the stability of their rule. Deng Ming felt that if Jiang Guozhu cleaned up a group of potential supporters of the Ming army, the evidence was always easy to falsify, the actions of the Ming army were arranged by Jiang Guozhu and them, and it was unlikely that they would be verified one by one before the action, and as far as Deng Ming's understanding of Liu Tichun and Hao Shaoqi and them, they might think that the gentry who shaved their heads should die, especially He Zhen, if He Papi participated in the operation, Deng Ming suspected that he might not be restricted by Jiang Guozhu's list.

Zhao Tianba was stunned for a while, and seeing that he didn't answer for a long time, Deng Ming said encouragingly: "Don't you want to be in charge of this military operation?" So as if this is my exam, how are you going to give me a satisfactory answer? ”

The officers in the barracks all looked at Zhao Tianba, and after waiting for a long time, Zhao Tianba did not answer the question but asked rhetorically: "Does the marshal not agree to go to Jiangnan?" ”

"If the situation is as bad as the letter says, we should do something about it, and we should carefully consider whether we can use this opportunity to benefit Kawanishi. Now we are not in Jiangnan, so we can't know how to deal with it, I just want to know, what means do you plan to use to understand the situation, how to be sure that your response is correct and beneficial to western Sichuan. Deng Ming paused for a moment and then said: "Remember, Zhou Peigong is not a good thing, he is ruthless, and the plan he proposed must be that he can get the most benefits from it, and he wants to use us as knives." I can't get involved in this matter, so I can't give you any advice, so you have to have a practical way to see through Zhou Peigong's tricks so that we don't suffer losses. ”

Deng Ming's series of questions made Zhao Tianba lower his head and think about it again, and after another long waiting time, Zhao Tianba raised his head and asked again: "I want to know, does the marshal think that these enemy gentry in Jiangnan don't deserve to die?" ”

"yes, I don't think they deserve to die." Deng Ming nodded, for the Western Camp and the Chuang Battalion, the Jin Gentry have always been their enemies, during the Ming Dynasty, they provided officials and materials to the Ming Court to suppress the Western and Western armies; After the Qing army pacified Jiangnan, the gentry may be more sympathetic to Zhang Huangyan and Zheng Chenggong, but they are still very unfriendly to the camp and the western camp, and the young generation of generals who grew up under this antagonism and hatred, they have the same good impression of the gentry as their predecessors, and they will be killed if they are killed, without the slightest psychological burden: "Like the last time we besieged Yangzhou, when the Cao Gong came to fight us, then they were the enemy, and they were killed." If the die-hard supporters of the Qing court organized men and horses to fight against us, like Cao Tou, or willingly donated large sums of military pay to the Qing court like the salt merchants, of course we would attack them. But we need to make these people deserve their crimes, not the rich people's deaths. By the way, I don't agree with King Gongchang's approach to the battle of Tiantai Mountain, we should be different from Tartar, not just not shaved our heads. ”

After the meeting ended, Zhao Tianba came to Deng Ming again: "Dashuai, I won't go back to the capital, I'll go to Myanmar with you to save the emperor." ”

"Why?"

"I realized that Second Master Guan is not so easy to do." Zhao Tianba said dejectedly, he couldn't answer any of Deng Ming's questions, and he didn't know how to make the most beneficial decision for western Sichuan.

"Really?" Deng Ming said with some regret, but if Zhao Tianba can't give a reasonable answer, then he is indeed not suitable for the important task of being alone.

"I thought about it carefully, what the big man said is very reasonable, Zhou Peigong must be uneasy and kind, I have also seen his treacherous and cunning, he mostly thinks that Kui Dong is the person who broke into the camp before, and it will be very easy to kill the gentlemen he wants to kill."

"It's nice that you can think so, aren't you going to try it? I can give you a little more time to figure out what to do. ”

"Forget it, fighting with this kind of villain is really not my forte, when the time comes, if it is bad for the handsome, maybe I will slaughter Zhou Peigong's house in a fit of anger, and it will make even more trouble for the handsome." Zhao Tianba was very open-minded, and at the same time, he said: "That can't let Liu Jinge and Yuan Xiang have the final say, both of them have the love of father and son, and they may not make the best decision for Xichuan." ”

"I understand this very well, since you don't go back, then I have to find someone else, fortunately I have a spare candidate, they will definitely start from the interests of western Sichuan, and they will only consider the interests of the capital and Xuzhou."

"Who, Mu is greedy or Ren Kongming?" Zhao Tianba blurted out, he felt that these two people were also a little involved, and the Zhejiang faction and the Fujian faction both had a good relationship with the Jiangnan scholars.

"The Qingcheng faction of the House of Representatives, as well as the owners of the comptoirs of the Parliament, when I am not there, the resolution of the House and the Assembly is unanimous, which is my order."