Ming politicians

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A large number of refugees began to appear around the Chongqing government.

Faced with such a situation, officials at all levels in the Chongqing government felt normal. Since the bandits began to enter Sichuan, the number of refugees has obviously increased. Some refugees have even traveled thousands of miles to Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Beizhili, etc. The land is gone, and it is everywhere in Sichuan. The spring plowing season is the most difficult time for ordinary people. After the Spring Festival, the food in the family is basically exhausted, and there are very few families who can support themselves.

Sichuan is known as the land of abundance. The food production here is very good. Most of the time, it can barely maintain. In the past year or so, there have been a large number of refugees. It has to be said that it is a tragedy. However, officials at all levels in Sichuan also have unshirkable responsibilities.

The imperial army's extermination of the bandits requires a lot of expenses, and the imperial court cannot fully bear it. This burden has been transferred to the common people. This is a bottomless pit. Who can bear it? In addition, the guard troops in various places in Sichuan have also changed their methods. Under such circumstances, the people who can survive are the best.

A large number of ordinary people who can't bear it can only leave their homes, at least they need to survive.

The formation of refugees is a typical vicious circle. People are gone, there are fewer people who cultivate the land, and the government's taxes cannot be collected. They can only continue to find ways to exploit the farmers who have not left, leading to the emergence of larger-scale refugees. Local economies have been devastated.

The government continues to implement high-pressure policies, and the refugees want to survive, so conflicts naturally arise. In fact, the rogues are born on this basis, and the current trend is like this.Slowly repeating itself in Sichuan.

After the rogues came to Sichuan, they paid great attention to reducing the burden on the common people, and also implemented a series of measures to rob the rich and help the poor, which won the support of the common people, and soon gained a firm foothold here, and vice versa.The government was unable to collect sufficient taxes, and it had to prevent rogues at all times, step up the encirclement and suppression of rogues, and had to increase the burden on the people again, which led to the people tending to support the rogues.

In this situation, it is doomed that the government and the guard army in Sichuan will not be able to wipe out the bandits, but will retreat steadily.

Even if the imperial army entered Sichuan, they would not be able to wipe out the bandits.It is a rare thing to be able to win a battle without being familiar with the place and without the support of the people.

At the beginning, Su Tiancheng didn't pay attention to it. The increase of refugees only made him feel sad, and it also hurt the government and officials at all levels in Sichuan.There are quite a few opinions.

It was only after the information from the dark thread came that Su Tiancheng became vigilant.

The intelligence of the dark line shows.After the rogues learned that the Jiangning Battalion had entered Sichuan, they stepped up their defenses, began to shrink the army, and withdrew to a place where the mountains were sparsely populated and easy to defend and difficult to attack. At the same time, they sent multiple small troops to investigate all aspects of intelligence.After a period of time, Jiang Ningying did not make any moves. It is estimated that the rogues were also analyzing the situation. Anyway, the rogues came from the heart.Still afraid of the Jiangning camp.

Recently, many small groups of rogue troops have left the station and never returned. I don’t know where these people have gone. The dark line has already found out that the rogues have won many victories over the past year. During the war, many cities were captured, and a large amount of wealth and food were gathered. There is no problem with the supply, and the rogues also opened warehouses to release food, so that the common people got food. From this level, it is impossible for the rogues to lack food, let alone It is impossible to send out a small group of troops to plunder.

The dark thread can only provide this information. As for where these small troops have gone, they don't know.

After analyzing the information, Su Tiancheng quickly combined the small troop of rogues with a large number of vagrants.

The rogues wanted to send scouts to investigate intelligence, but it was not very possible. No matter in terms of personal quality or overall combat effectiveness, the scouts of the rogues could not fight against the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion. I believe Li Zicheng would not do such a thing. Even though Li Zicheng became one with the common people, the common people have limited knowledge and it is impossible to understand the situation of the Jiangning camp. At such a moment, Li Zicheng must be in urgent need of information, even a few words about the Jiangning camp are good.

A large number of refugees entered the Chongqing government, and then scattered around. These refugees will not attract anyone's attention. The government and officials can't avoid it. How can they care about what the refugees do every day.

If the scouts of the rogues mingled among the vagrants, looking for opportunities and scouting intelligence, it would be a good way.

Su Tiancheng felt a headache.

After the refugees appeared, Su Tiancheng put forward a clear request that the government at all levels should do their best to help the refugees, and must not drive them away or teach them a lesson, or even send out patrol officers to suppress them. Whoever dares to openly drive and suppress the refugees, Shang Fang's sword serves.After the introduction of this policy, officials at all levels in the Chongqing government did not dare to violate it, and honestly followed the requirements, and set up many porridge shops to relieve the refugees.

This also led to a substantial increase in the number of refugees.

If the scouts of the rogues were really among these vagrants, trying to find them would be tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.

The government and officials treat the refugees with a high aloof, and they will not be wary. It is not very difficult for the rogue scouts to find a way to extract information.

Li Zicheng has very good means to deal with officials. When he was in the carriage gorge, he was facing a desperate situation. Li Zicheng was able to think of a way to bribe the officers and escaped the predicament. Now he uses a little trick to get information from the officials. It is very likely .

The current situation is very critical. The scout battalion of the Jiangning Camp has taken full-scale action. The scouts have spread out in all directions and started to investigate the intelligence of the rogues, including surveying the terrain of various places. Some of the investigations have already been sent back. Look at the information , Including the drawn map, a preliminary battle plan was slowly formed in Su Tiancheng's mind.

This plan involves the mobilization of the Jiangning Battalion. It is impossible for more than 6 troops to be concentrated in one place. They need to be dispersed and each is responsible for one aspect of the task. Then there will be big trouble.

Hong Chengchou and Qu Qingze lowered their heads, wondering what they were thinking.

Su Tiancheng stood aside, also bowing his head in thought.

When Zhu Cihong came in, Qu Qingze saw it first, stood up quickly, and saluted the prince.

"Master Su, is he thinking about something? Did I come at the wrong time?"

"His Royal Highness, please sit down. The minister is indeed thinking about the problem, and Master Hong and Master Qu are also helping to think."

Zhu Cihong was a little embarrassed. He usually avoided discussing military and state affairs, but Su Tiancheng often invited him to participate and did not speak. After participating in several discussions, Zhu Cihong's level of understanding began to improve greatly, and he gradually understood Some basic situations of marching and fighting, and some necessary deployments and precautions are also clear.

Zhu Cihong sat down without speaking, looking at the three who were still in deep thought.

After a while, Su Tiancheng spoke.

"Lord Hong, Master Qu, I think we must find a way to identify whether there are scouts of bandits among the refugees. This is very important. The refugees have entered the prefecture and county of Chongqing for five days. The rogue scouts must not be able to bear it anymore, and want to spy on relevant information."

Hong Chengchou raised his head.

"My lord, the last general has also thought of it, but how to distinguish the vagrants from the rogues is really difficult. Besides, if we can't accurately identify and act rashly, we will also alarm the rogues."

Zhu Cihong's eyes widened. Unexpectedly, what was being discussed today was the issue of rogue spies, so his attention was quickly concentrated.

Qu Qingze was the last to speak. After all, he had worked in Jinyiwei before, so his way of thinking was a little different.

"The lower officials feel that if the rogues are among the vagrants, they have a purpose. Their words and deeds must be different from those of the vagrants. They cannot be exactly the same. It has been five days, and they must take action. As long as We pay attention to observe, we will be able to find abnormalities."

What Qu Qingze said was good, but what is the difference between a rogue and a vagrant still hasn't been explained clearly.

"Master Su, I have an idea, I don't know if I should say it or not."

"His Royal Highness has something to say, just say it."

"When I was in the palace, I often saw the behavior of my father-in-law and court ladies. If they wanted to make me happy, they would always be very active, telling jokes, and trying to make me laugh, so that I could pay attention to them... "

Su Tiancheng snapped his head violently.

"I thank His Royal Highness for your reminder, I understand."

Hong Chengchou and Qu Qingze opened their eyes wide, puzzled, what the prince said was very common, the prince has a special status, who doesn't want to please, otherwise how could he gain a foothold in the palace.

Not caring about other things, Su Tiancheng spoke.

"The words of His Royal Highness reminded me, think about it, if the rogues want to spy on information, they always hang around among the vagrants, it is impossible for them to know the information, if they want to obtain information, they must work hard on the officials , approaching the Jiangning camp directly is courting death, and it is even more impossible to pull Jiangning soldiers into the group and provide information. In this way, they have only one way, which is to get close to the local officials, and even gain the trust of the officials. Well, they have achieved their goal, no matter what means they use, whether it is bribery or flattery, their actions will always reveal their differences. Once they gain the trust of officials at all levels in Chongqing, they will be able to pass Information has been obtained in various ways.”

A smile appeared on Zhu Cihong's face, he finally played an important role.

Hong Chengchou and Qu Qingze also fully understood, the way they looked at the prince had obviously changed. (To be continued..)