Regarding the matter of Shanyang Liukou driving the people to use them as defense, Chen Kaiyuan and Zhang Yingxuan had a disagreement for the first time.

In Zhang Yingxuan's view, Mi Yan ordered an attack on the people, which was no different from a massacre, and he was also a person who would do anything to gain fame and fame, and would not hesitate to step on the accumulated white bones for the sake of the marquis. He wants to make a statement about this, and he will impeach Mi Yan and Li Xin, no matter how much practical significance this is, he cannot ignore it and do nothing.

And Chen Kaiyuan thinks that how can 100,000 rogues look at and pay attention to tens of millions of people? They could choose to run away, but why didn't they run, wasn't it still greedy for that bite of food in the camp of the rogues? Since these people can do whatever it takes to help the rebellion for a mouthful of food, can these people still be called the people of the Ming Dynasty?

"These people are aiding and abusing, if Brother Baomo is bent on favoring them, then why do you think that I dare to die and fight? Could it be that they should be allowed to be killed by the people? Scattered by the impact of the people? ”

"You, you?" Zhang Yingxun's anger at Chen Kaiyuan's accusation surged.

"Fallacy, complete fallacy! Don't you hear that the people are the foundation of the country? How can tens of thousands of martial artists be compared with the foundation of the country? Even if they help the rebellion, they are forced to do so, how can they treat them the same as the rogues? ”

Chen Kaiyuan also became excited, "Brother Baomo! If the thief is not suppressed, even the country will be lost, and then you will be the guilty minister of the country and the country! If those martial artists learn about your words, can they not be chilled? Maybe they will turn the knife and cut off our good heads, how can they be loyal to the country in their hearts? It is nothing more than seeking merit, fame, and wealth! If we cut off their roots, won't this force them to rebel? ”

Compared with Zhang Yingxuan, Chen Kaiyuan is more pragmatic, and the so-called people are just scraping on their lips from time to time to show their worries about the people. If it really comes to practical interests, he only thinks that Mi Yan is still too merciful, and he will always kill tens of thousands of people as a deterrent, so that those grass people can also understand that the imperial court is not deliberately conniving at them.

Listening to Chen Kaiyuan's words, Zhang Yingxuan suddenly took two steps back, as if he knew him on the first day, "Zi'an, brother knows that you and I are different today!" ”

Chen Kaiyuan was a little dumbfounded at the time, listening to Zhang Yingxuan's tone, this is the rhythm of cutting the robe and breaking off the relationship, it's just a few arguments, why make such a fuss!

"Let's put aside this matter for the time being, let's just talk about how to resettle the people after recovering Shanyang, we have no money and no food in our hands, and we have to control the place first. As the saying goes, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, not to mention those of us who are poor and white clay sculpture Bodhisattvas! ”

They also had a hidden purpose in going north with the army this time, that is, to appoint magistrates before Li Xin, so as to get out of the control of the Three Guards and prepare for Lu Xiangsheng to go south to control the Grand Canal.

Chen Kaiyuan's transferred topic really hit Zhang Yingxuan's weakness again, this matter made him even more worried, the Grand Canal is the lifeblood of the imperial court, if you don't grasp it in your hands, and let that martial artist take it away, wouldn't it be for Li Xin to choke the neck of the imperial court?

Zhang Yingxuan glanced at Chen Kaiyuan and sighed, "Let's go, go into the city and take a look, there are still those soft bones still in office, and they will be promoted to block for a while!" ”

He finally didn't say anything about cutting his robe, and Chen Kaiyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

But then, the two of them became more and more sad. It turned out that the first thing the Three Guards did after entering the city was to arrest all the puppet officials in the city who had surrendered to the rogue and kill all of them, and their heads were hung high at the head of the city to deter future generations.

It's a good thing that the two of them don't even have anyone to use. Just when they were scratching their ears and cheeks and trying to find a way, Nanjing actually sent an acting local official to take over all local government affairs almost overnight.

Zhang Yingying began to think that it was an opportunity after all, but after some contact, each of these civil officials who had just taken over the place responded to him, and even expressed their cold and vigilant feelings, without pretense.

It is no wonder that when Nanjing was restructured, a large number of idle officials were facing the embarrassing situation of vacancies, and now the political affairs hall has gathered them and sent them to Huai'an and Yangzhou to act as local yamen government affairs.

Hearing that they could be appointed as magistrates, some idle officials who were already desperate were overjoyed, although they were acting in charge of the rebel places that had just been recovered, but after governing for a few years, there was still oil and water to be fished, and after resettled the people, it was very likely that they would be rewarded for this and promoted. This is simply a mountain and a river, and it is a desperate place to live.

Let's ask them that their futures are in the hands of Nanjing Political Affairs Hall, and how many people dare to hook up with Zhang Yingxuan, who has an uncertain future and is alone? At most, there is a mind left and right, and if you don't respond, you can't be offended!

It was only at this time that Zhang Yingxuan and Chen Kaiyuan had to admit that Li Xin was more skilled, and the two of them were not opponents.

When nothing failed, Zhang Yingxuan's mind turned back to Mi Yan's order to attack the people.

Just when he was brewing a shocking bullet, Shanyang sent back unfavorable news. Mi Yan withdrew his troops from Shanyang to the south of the Jing River.

After hearing the news, Chen Kaiyuan hated iron and steel: "Brother Baomo, this time it is as you wish, Mi Yan will not dare to order a strong attack after all." After a long time, as long as there is a sudden change in Huaibei or Jiangnan, the plan to open up the north-south traffic of the Grand Canal will be lost! When the time comes, I don't know how to end it! If the emperor blames it, it is unknown how many days Lu Gebu will be able to stay in Texas! ”

Dezhou is the location of the governor's office, Chen Kaiyuan said this, which naturally implied that Lu Xiangsheng's governor's status was no longer guaranteed.

In his opinion, don't look at the current emperor's frequent gestures of gratitude, posthumously sealing his three generations upwards, and shadowing his sons downward. But this is also the crux of the emperor's repeated thoughts, you must know that even Yang Sichang, who is far more favored than Lu Xiangsheng, has not received such a favor, and I don't know how much of the drama is involved. As long as Lu Xiangsheng can't meet the emperor's expectations, these things will be taken back sooner or later.

In the affairs of the imperial court, Chen Kaiyuan was more pessimistic than Zhang Yingxuan. Shoufu Zhou Yanru was respectful to Lu Xiangsheng on the surface, but the coldness in his bones, Chen Kaiyuan could feel it clearly even if he was thousands of miles away from Jingshi.

On the matter of insufficient food and grass alone, isn't it Zhou Yanru who is playing tricks behind his back?

In the past two years, Shanxi has taken the lead in promoting, and the large-scale planting of jade wheat in Zhili has also been planted on a large scale, at least there was a harvest last year, although it is better than making up for the harvest of a good year, it can bear the military rations of the southbound army, and it is still not a problem.

Comparatively speaking, he and Zhang Yingxuan were even less hopeful of Li Xin in Nanjing, who would have thought that Li Xin would agree to Lu Xiangsheng's invitation and send a fleet to transport grain north.

At that time, Zhang Yingxuan also sighed by the Yangtze River, "The cabinet knows this Qiu Ba more than you and me!" ”

Zhang Yingxuan shuddered, and couldn't help asking, "It's not like this, is it?" How could the Holy One cure the sins of the Cabinet Ministry? ”

Chen Kaiyuan's eyes flashed with a hint of mockery, and he looked at Zhang Yingxuan's hollow out draft of the bullet chapter Nunu, "Isn't Brother Baomo sending the handle of the knife to those people?" ”

Looking at Zhang Yingxuan's incomprehensible gaze, Chen Kaiyuan said again: "Once this bullet seal arrives in the cabinet, the people in the court and the central government who are afraid of the cabinet will make a big fuss about this matter, and then there will be a little news of the war setback back to the Beijing Division, and the emperor's reprimand will will definitely reach Dezhou!" ”

"Alas!"

As soon as Zhang Yingxuan was reminded, he already understood that his own bullet seal was not allowed, otherwise even if it was delivered to Jingshi, not only would it not hurt Li Xin's half a hair, but it would also affect Lu Xiangsheng, and wouldn't he himself be someone else's knife?

However, in the consciousness that has penetrated deep into the bone marrow, there is a voice that keeps warning him, you must do something for the people!

But what could he do? There is no heart and soul, and there is nowhere to entrust it, I am afraid that this is the most painful thing in this life. After another long sigh, tears were already pouring out of the corners of his eyes.

He really wanted to ask the thief God, when will he torture this big tomorrow.

It's just that God can't answer this question, and no one has an answer.

"Why should the prison army show mercy to those rebellious grass people? Once they become the climate again, our good situation is at risk of being ruined! ”

Chen Kaiyuan sat in Mi Yan's guest seat, and he tried to persuade Mi Yan not to be soft-hearted, and only by being ruthless could he succeed in one fell swoop.

Who knew that he couldn't see a trace of frustration on Mi Yan's face, and even the uneasiness of the afternoon was gone. I saw Mi Yan raise his head and only say one word.

"The rogue is a small land, entangled with hundreds of thousands or even millions of people, how many days can they consume?"

"This?"

Chen Kaiyuan suddenly felt a sense of surprise, yes, why didn't he think of this. Millions of people eat horses and chew horses, how much food do they have to consume in a day? It may not take half a month to eat all the granaries of the rogues. Once the rogues can't come up with food to supply the people, those people will naturally scatter as birds and beasts, and even if they don't disperse, how can they be driven again? There was a darker thought lingering in my head for a long time.

He took a closer look at this young man with a calm face, and sighed secretly in his heart, Li Xin has people around him who help him, and God really doesn't have long eyes.

On the seventh day of the siege of Shanyang, the 5th battalion of Gezuo had not yet collapsed, but an astonishing news reached Baoying.

King Shen and Zuo Liangyu, who were guarding Shaanxi, were defeated at Tongguan, and Xi'an was also lost one after another, and King Shen did not know whether he was alive or dead. Now the thieves entrenched in Henan have broken through Guanzhong and are connected with Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan.

In an instant, the situation, which had been improving day by day, seemed to have changed unpredictably.

When Chen Kaiyuan informed Zhang Yingxuan of the news, Zhang Yingxuan only hoped that the changes in Shaanxi would not affect Shandong, as long as he could calmly open up the Grand Canal, he could move westward!