Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

It is useless to withdraw one hundred thousand silver, or to withdraw millions or even millions of silver, and give them a steady stream of relief. Even if officials are corrupt and wasteful, they will eventually give hope to the victims. If there is hope, the number of rebels will be greatly reduced, and there will be no steady stream. There are constantly hungry people joining in.

It is a pity that Chongzhen will always make wrong judgments at such a critical moment, or at every critical moment...

Unexpectedly, the appeasement failed. After a short period of time to stabilize the situation, various places in Shaanxi fell apart. After the rogues were supplemented by the fleeing frontier army, from Shaanxi to Shanxi, and from Shaanxi to Shanxi, the entire peasant uprising reached its first peak. .

Yang He was convicted for this, and ridiculed by the ruling and opposition parties, and regarded as a naive and incompetent coward.

Yang Sichang was still transitioning from youth to middle age at that time, and this incident certainly stimulated him greatly.For generations of eunuchs in the Yang family, if it wasn't for Yang He who took care of all the matters of appeasement, but like other bureaucrats, they both said they could be appeased and they said they should be exterminated. [

This is the case in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. Those who dare to take responsibility will most likely be responsible, and only cunning can last forever.

Afterwards, Yang Sichang defended his father's grievances and made many efforts. Although the results were minimal, they moved Chongzhen and made Chongzhen think he was a dutiful son.

In Chongzhen’s early years, after all, he was a young man upholding state affairs, and he had high moral requirements and standards. Several famous Donglin orphans, especially Huang Zongxi, were pardoned by Chongzhen even though they broke the law. Zuo Guangdou's disciple had another adventure to visit the prison, which was appreciated and secretly remembered by Chongzhen.

The same is true of Yang Sichang. Chongzhen appreciates that he is a filial son, and appreciates Yang Sichang's shrewdness and ability. I disagree, but Xiong Wencan is used by him, and Chongzhen also wants to appease, so he has to submit. Zhang Xianzhong rebelled against Gucheng, and Luo Rucai and others also rebelled. On the whole, now that Zhang Shouren is talking about consolation in his capacity as a general, Wanji can't help but feel absurd.

Seeing him like this, Zhang Shouren stood up.

Wanji also stood up quickly, with a dazed expression on his face and a little panic in his eyes.

In any case, Zhang Shouren now has his own power and influence. With his illustrious reputation, even a supervising army like Wanji has strong pressure. Ordinary civil servants or generals have no place to stand in front of Zhang Shouren.

"Please come with me."

Zhang Shouren was in front, making an invitation gesture to Wanji.

His place was Zhang Xianzhong's residence at that time, a very luxurious and huge courtyard, but at that time Zhang Xianzhong himself lived with seven or eight concubines and guards, but now it has been repurposed for many purposes.

The wing rooms on the left and right are the staff offices, and on the opposite side is the secretariat of the battalion affairs office. The public affairs bureau, secret service office, and military intelligence office of the Chinese military office are all in the two rows of wing rooms outside. The central hall is used for meetings. Yes, besides, Zhang Shouren's signing room, the internal guard's attendant office, and the Chinese army's flag room are all between the main hall and the second hall. At this time, Zhang Shouren took Wanji to the sand table room on the right side of the lobby.

"This is the route that will go from Fushan to Jiaozhou, then through Qingzhou, Jinan, all the way to Kaifeng, Luoyang, and then go south from Shangzhou and Xunyang."

In the sand table room, there are already several sand tables that have been formed. From Shandong to Henan, and then to North Zhili, there are all built sand tables in the room.

With the level of surveying and mapping at that time, it was impossible to make such a thing. Without Zhang Shouren's guidance, with the level of mathematics and geometry at that time, it was impossible to create a real sand table.

In front of Wanji, a brand new subversive thing appeared in front of him.

"This is the capital? It's really big, um, this is Yongdingmen to Zhengyangmen, this is the imperial road, all the way north to Damingmen, Chengtianmen, Duanmen Meridian Gate, heh, this is Huangjimen, Huangjidian ..."

Wanji is an official in the capital, so he didn't look at other sand tables, but first saw the one from the northeast of Shandong, from Dezhou to Tongzhou, and then saw the model of the capital city, this civil official with a very high status in Huguang actually let out a cry of surprise .

After seeing the capital, and then going south, Wanji also stayed in the capital for a long time and has travel experience. When he saw Xunyang Huguang, he could not take his eyes off it.

After a quarter of an hour, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said sincerely to Zhang Shouren: "The general is really a divine object. The mountains, rivers, geography, and passes are all in front of him. No wonder dispatching soldiers and horses is like a divine help!"

"It's nothing, I asked you to come here, just to ask you to find a way to bring back this sand table in the Huguang area."

Wanji had heard of the name sand table. In fact, during the Western and Eastern Zhou dynasties, Chinese generals already had a sand table. Of course, compared with the one in front of us, it was only at the level of a kindergarten, and it was an early product of the classical militarism period.

The sand table is huge, so it is inconvenient for the horses to hunchback, but this is nothing. Wanji was overjoyed when he heard this. He came to Gucheng this time to express Yang Sichang's goodwill. He is only in his twenties, and his temperament is not too arrogant and domineering. It is worth making friends with. In the future, Zhang Shouren may be the founder of a family of super generals guarding Shandong and Denglai. If there is a relationship and friendship, why not maintain the relationship? Living?

Zhang Shouren naturally has the same considerations here. Yang Sichang is not in good health, but after all, he is in his fifties, and he is still in the prime of life among the civil servants of the country. Now he is in a happy mood, and he does not look like he will die soon. , It is also good for your own connections.

Xue Guoguan has already resigned, and it is always a good thing to know a senior scholar in the court.

After the gift of the sand table, the atmosphere between the two of them naturally improved a lot. After Wanji thanked him repeatedly, Zhang Shouren pointed to the road on the sand table and explained to him: "Our Dengzhou army came out from Shandong and traveled more than [-] miles. , passing through the center of Henan and then heading south, I have learned a lot along the way, and the most shocking thing is nothing but disasters and reminders."

The strange peak turned suddenly, Wanji shuddered, and said with a dry smile: "The emperor has long said that he will suffer for the people for a few years, and when the eastern captives are settled and the bandits are wiped out, the rewards will naturally be reduced and the people will rest."

He also said: "From the general's point of view, if there is no payment, where will the salary come from, and where will the weapons come from? If the soldiers are not paid, they will not fight, and if they have no weapons in their hands, it will be difficult to defeat the enemy. The court is also in a dilemma."

Yang Sichang presided over the increase in wages, and there were a lot of scolding at that time, and now he presides over the increase in wages, and the voices of criticism from the government and the opposition are not low, but Zhang Shouren didn't mean it. After Wanji finished speaking, he nodded and said: "The army has no wages Of course it won’t work, but the situation in Henan is still in the hands of the vassals, the government, and the gentry, and the three are like tigers and wolves, and the people are like cattle and sheep, let them be bitten.”

"General..."

"You may be a master of my language, but I'm not listening to alarming words. Huguang, Fengyang, and Henan areas are definitely not pacified by military forces. Even if they are temporarily pacified, ashes can be revived, and now the fire is hidden under the pyre! "

Zhang Shouren's expression was already very stern, and he pointed his fingers towards the area from Xinye to Nanyang, and said decisively: "Our army will return to the division along this route, and will not release relief along the way. First, the military situation is urgent and we need to rush to Shandong. Second, we must call All the officers and men of the army should look at it more and think about it more. Is it because of the people that the world is in turmoil? My lord Wan, let’s talk about it after half a year or even a year.

A military commander can actually say the words in front of him and do the actions in front of him. Wan Ji felt sweaty and didn't know how to answer for a while.

And the only thing he can decide is that he can only say a small part of the trip, Zhang Shouren might as well write down what he said, and save it for later.

At this moment, all he could do was look deeply at the young general with a stern face but soft eyes, and bowed deeply without saying a word.

"I'll set off tomorrow morning, Lord Wan will pay for our army tonight."

Zhang Shouren stretched out his hand to support Wanji who was bowing down. His expression was a little calm, a little confident, and more importantly, a kind of determination and incomparable majestic strength.

Only at this moment, he has changed from a reincarnated special officer hundreds of years later, to an ordinary military officer in Daming, and then to a powerful party. The situation is far from comparable to that of the day, even compared with Yang Sichang, a top civil official, and the old Prime Minister of Ge who governs the world, it is not bad at all.

"Yes, I will follow the arrangement of the general."

Although blocked, Wanji still bowed his head deeply. In front of his eyes, Zhang Shouren's figure was like a mountain, and no one like him could look at him at the same level!

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On March 22, the whole army of Fushan finally moved out, bidding farewell to the vast land of Huguang where it had been stationed for half a year.

Although Zhang Shouren did not intervene too deeply in the Huguang battle, and did not even participate in the sporadic small-scale battles after the Battle of Baiyangzhai, he still deeply intervened in history, obliterating the original historical trajectory, and here comes A sea-shaking big change.

Zhang Xianzhong died, and the West Camp is now active in the area from Kuizhou to Xinghan Town, waiting for an opportunity to enter Sichuan. Luo Rucai fled and joined forces with the Fifth Gezuo Battalion. History has changed greatly. Originally, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai were still in the joint camp at this time. Chongzhen invaded Xiangyang in 14 years, killed King Xiang, and then moved around Suizhou. Huguang was ravaged by him and Li Zicheng successively. In addition, Zuo Liangyu burned Wuchang. Great?

Everything is different now, and the influence and layout he exerted in Fengyang and Huguang may not be revealed until a few years later... Zhang Shouren has changed from a corner in Denglai to manipulating the world, and this is also the next battle in the south Afterwards, the by-product of his official rank increase, if he was still the deputy commander in chief, he would not be so convenient to do things, and He Renlong and Huang Degong would not be so easy to follow and let him arrange.

When leaving, Yang Sichang sent an envoy to see him off, and Song Yihe and other civil officials also expressed that only Fang Kongzhao was still hostile, and several eunuchs who supervised the army ignored him, but the general army was as fierce as a tiger, Zuo Liangyu, Zhang Renxue and others had their own opinions Respect, although meager, also clearly expressed his attitude.

The effect of the trip to Huguang is not only in Huguang, but also spread to Shaanxi in the northwest, Sichuan in the west, Zhili in the east and Zhili in the south, and slowly radiate!