The army stayed in Hancheng for the night, and then orderly garrisoned nearby. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Cao Wenzhao led his more than 10,000 Yuanwei troops to defend Yuncheng southeast of Hancheng, while Du Wenhuan led his troops to Jincheng, more than 500 miles east of Hancheng.

Because the geographical location of Hancheng is very important, and several large battalions nearby have suffered heavy losses this time, and some have even been wiped out, so Qin Shuhuai stationed the Wuyuan battalion in Heyang County, next to Hancheng.

At the same time, Qin Shuhuai ordered the transfer of 10,000 troops from near Taiyuan to be stationed in Hejin, sixty miles east of Hancheng.

In this way, Qin Shuhuai's strategic intention is obvious, that is, while stabilizing the defense of Hancheng, the main force near Taiyuan will be transferred to Jinnan, the purpose of course is to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong's troops.

However, after Zhang Xianzhong's troops fled, they temporarily died down, and they didn't know which mountain they ran to.

However, Qin Shuhuai was not in a hurry, he first let Shaanxi Governor Hong Chengchou take care of the military affairs of southern Jin, and controlled the soldiers and horses of Cao Wenzhao and others, which was equivalent to using Hancheng as the base camp for suppressing Zhang Xianzhong. Later, he told Hong Chengchou about his "military-civilian joint defense" model in Dai County, and asked him to launch the "joint defense" of the people of southern Jinnan, and stationed official and military liaison stations in various places, so that as long as the people found traces of Zhang Xianzhong's troops, they could immediately notify the official army. In order to arouse the enthusiasm of the masses of the people, he also laid down detailed measures for rewards and punishments, such as those who provided the location of a small unit of Zhang Xianzhong's troops could receive 500 taels of silver once verified, and those who found a large number of troops would be rewarded with 5,000 taels of silver once verified. The gentry in various places can give meritorious plaques when they report meritorious persons, and even those who have meritorious names can be directly recommended as officials, etc.

After staying in Hancheng for two or three days, and after making general arrangements, he returned to the governor's palace in Taiyuan. After all, he is now the supreme commander of the three sides, and if he is not in Taiyuan, the generals in other places on the three sides may not be able to find him for a while and a half, and there will be chaos.

After arriving in Taiyuan, he immediately asked Li Jingting to secretly go to "Dachang Ji" to find Zhang Desheng and ask him if he had told him about helping before, whether it would work or not.

Li Jingting went in the dark that night, and it didn't take long for Zhang Desheng to take him to the governor's palace.

Seeing the bitter melon on Zhang Desheng's face, Qin Shuhuai knew that the situation was not too good.

Sure enough, Zhang Desheng said when he met, "Qin Shaobao, Desheng is ashamed! Desheng has asked you for your guilt!"

As he spoke, he knelt down.

Qin Shuhuai supported Zhang Desheng and said lightly, "Boss Zhang doesn't need to be like this. Since there is some inconvenience, Ben Shaobao has to find another way. Rest assured, the officers and soldiers will not force you to do it. ”

Zhang Desheng sighed and said, "Qin Shaobao, there are one hundred and twenty people below who are willing to serve the imperial court! However, at present, the head of the family is old and has entrusted the power of the business to my eldest brother. My eldest brother is timid and small, he is afraid that Zhang Xianzhong will retaliate against our Zhang family if he gains power in the future, so he ......"

Qin Shuhuai nodded and said, "Ben Shaobao knows." Since your eldest brother doesn't agree, let's stop this matter. Boss Zhang, Ben Shaobao still wants to thank you for having a heart to serve the country. ”

Qin Shuhuai believes that even if the Zhang family is unwilling to take this job, there are also businesses in Taiyuan City who are willing to take this job. The reason? He, Zhang Xianzhong, a thief, can find a business that is willing to cooperate with him, and if he can't find it, don't mess around!

Don't forget that this was in the Ming Dynasty, the idea of loyalty was prevalent, and after Chongzhen hanged himself, there were also a lot of rich squires who were willing to help Nanming.

Seeing Zhang Desheng standing there and wanting to speak, Qin Shuhuai was relieved again, "Boss Zhang doesn't need to think about it. You can rest assured, no matter whether the Zhang family helps or not, this Shaobao will not embarrass you. Go back with peace of mind and go about your business. ”

Qin Shuhuai naturally wouldn't embarrass them.

He was a modernly educated man, and knew that the merchants, or the fledgling capitalists, liked a free commodity economy. Forcing them to do certain things may serve their purpose for a short time. But to make them die for allegiance, you have to make them understand who can give them such an environment.

Historically, the embryonic stage of capitalism at the end of the Ming Dynasty had an excellent start, far better than that of European countries in the same period. Qin Shuhuai believed that if it had not been for the brutal and closed small-scale peasant economic policy that forcibly strangled this bud after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, it might be China that would have driven warships and forced people to open treaty ports everywhere in a hundred or two hundred years.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the commodity economy was unprecedentedly prosperous, and in order to improve production efficiency, private businessmen began to reform the production process, and many tools to improve efficiency were invented during this period. If Chongzhen opened the sea ban, the business of the Ming Dynasty would be done all over the world in minutes. In this way, it is certain that once Britain starts the industrial revolution represented by the steam engine, these "capitalists" who are to die at the end of the Ming Dynasty will be able to get you a few units back within a year or two after they get the news, and they may even be more slippery than the British!

Why? Looking at the fact that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, under the policy of banning the sea, there were still a large number of private fleets engaged in international trade, and many of the government offices in various coastal areas still turned a blind eye, which shows that these restless capitalists in China will always have a desire to seize the domestic and international markets! With such "lofty ambitions," when they discovered that the Western "steam engine" had such tremendous energy, could they still get it back and make trouble without digging out their minds?

As long as China does not miss this industrial revolution, it is conceivable that these capitalists, who urgently need to export commodities to make real money, must be holding back their energy to learn from the West and encourage the imperial court to build warships and cannons, so as to open the age of great exploration as soon as possible. When the time comes, not to mention raising money to build a navy, it is to raise money to invade countries and force them to open treaty ports or something, and they are willing to spend a lot of money!

Every time he thought of this, his blood boiled. On Earth, where he is located, Huaxia has suffered hundreds of years of suffering and humiliation, and if there is a chance to change all this, how can he not want to give it a try?

And in order for capitalism, which is just budding now, to thrive, in addition to defeating the Manchu Qing Dynasty and pacifying the world, he also needs to use his influence to help Chongzhen formulate a series of national policies and open a free market economic environment that is at least not lagging behind Europe in advance!

Therefore, he will not force the Zhang family to do anything for himself, he will only use his actions to let the Zhang family know that standing on the side of the court will get benefits that you don't expect.

As soon as he said this, Zhang Desheng became more and more uncomfortable the more he listened.

To be honest, he thought in his heart that as long as the imperial court had this invincible Qin Shaobao, he would definitely be able to exterminate the rogues on the three sides. At this time, if the Zhang family helps the imperial court, it will definitely be a profitable business, and the benefits to the Zhang family in the future will be countless.

But the eldest brother in the family just doesn't agree!

It's really annoying to me!