nanming man

Chapter 387 Leading the Army Back to the North
As soon as the soldiers outside the hall heard the order, they rushed in and dragged Chen Zhonglian out.

"Stop spitting blood, how could this old man contact the thief!" Chen Zhonglian's cheeks flushed with anger, he struggled hard after receiving such treatment, but with his thin body, how could he be a soldier like a wolf and a tiger? The opponent was immediately dragged out of the door like a chicken.

This made Chen Zhonglian feel ashamed and indignant. He lost one of his shoes, and while being dragged back, he yelled angrily, "The old Chongzhen Dynasty Jinshi has a reputation, how can a man be so rude~"

Gao Yihuan sneered in his heart. Although he had many reasons to refute, Gao Yihuan did not intend to argue with this talker at all.

This commander-in-chief holds a hundred thousand soldiers in his hands, and manages every day. There is an easier way to deal with you, so why not talk nonsense.

When Chen Zhonglian was an official in the imperial court, the status of civil servants in the Ming court was much higher than that of vulgar warriors.Mao Wenlong, the commander of Jiangdong, is a ruthless man, so if he doesn't let Dushi Yuan, he will kill him if he says so.

It is now 30 years in Hedong, 30 years in Hexi, Gao was born as a bandit, he is used to freedom, and he does not want to be bound by rules and regulations. Chen Zhonglian thinks that he will be bound by the rules of the Ming Dynasty, then he is wrong.

If Gao Yihuan is a loyal dog and intends to eat the rice of the Ming Dynasty in the future, then he will still care about his image to the court, and try to make himself look very well-behaved, not to offend the civil servants, so that the court can forget his origin , Give him a bowl of rice to eat, and give him a chance to look after the house.

Just doing this is not Gao Yihuan's character.

Gao Yihuan can't bear this grievance when the husband is alive, and he also knows that even if he does this, it will not end well.

Now he didn't think about being loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty also wanted to stabilize him first and prepare to mess with him later.To be named a Duke is still the title of a person who has been exterminated. Gao Yihuan has long seen through it, so he would be afraid of people ginseng him.

When the Ming Dynasty could mobilize him, they would find any reason to do so. If they had no strength to mobilize, then even if he looted everywhere like Zuo Liangyu, the court would still ignore him.

Now Gao Yihuan has basically figured out the pulse of the Ming Dynasty. As long as he does not turn against the Ming Dynasty, does not go to Wuchang, does not attack Changsha, and guarantees the status quo in Huguang, the Ming Dynasty will not turn against him.

The current predicament of the Ming Dynasty is that the court has no money. There are a group of gentry in the southeast like Chen Zhonglian who obstruct the reform of the tax law of the Nanjing court, and the annual tax of the Nanjing court is only four to five million taels.

This amount of money can only barely maintain the operation of the court. Nanjing has no money to fight at all, let alone to pacify Gao Yihuan.

If the Nanjing court wants to make a difference, it must first have money, and if Zhu Cihong does not defeat the Donglin party members and collect the money from the south of the Yangtze River for the court's use, then the Nanjing court will end sooner or later.

At this moment, seeing Chen Zhonglian being dragged away, everyone in the hall stood up in shock and looked at each other dumbfounded.

This tall and handsome man dragged Chen Yushi away and sent him to prison when he disagreed with each other. They immediately lost their backbone and were terrified.

However, Gao Yihuan glanced at the crowd and sneered, "This commander copied out an account plan, which clearly recorded how much food and grass you guys sent to Sun Kewang. This is the ironclad proof of your collaboration with the enemy!"

It's really two official words. They were obviously intimidated by Sun Kewang and forced to hand over money to help them pay, but now they are actively sending money and food.

"Marshal, you have been wronged!" The gentry present panicked.

Now they know what it is when a scholar meets a soldier.

At this time, Gao Yihuan waved his hands and shouted angrily, "All bets!"

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After taking Yiling, Gao Yihuan asked Dai Jinghong to lead a battalion of old soldiers and a battalion of new soldiers to guard Yiling Prefecture to guard against Sichuan, and the army escorted the captured soldiers back to Jingzhou.

However, because the battle in Guanzhong had reached a critical moment, Gao Yihuan did not stay in Jingzhou for long. After the army returned to Jingzhou, all the troops returned north one after another, while he stayed temporarily to deal with some matters.

At the end of October, unfavorable news came from Guanzhong again, and Li Zicheng was defeated in Fuping again.

Gao Yihuan immediately left Zhao Zhuzi and Chen Mingxia to sit in Jingzhou, while he prepared to leave.

This day outside Jingzhou City, Gao Yihuan walked with several people on foot, with his personal guards leading horses behind him.

"Zhuzi, I will hand over Jingzhou to you. You must guard this place well. In addition to guarding against the western army coming out of Sichuan, you must also guard against the Ming army!" Gao Yihuan said in a deep voice.

Zhao Zhuzi hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Commander, I know that I will keep a close eye on Sichuan, and I will guard against crossing the river in white clothes."

Gao Yihuan glanced at him approvingly, and said with a smile, "Let's look at the Three Kingdoms less, and more about the real art of war." After speaking, Gao Yihuan continued: "You are in Jingzhou, and there is still one thing to do."

Zhao Zhuzi patted his head, "If you have anything to do, you can tell the commander!"

"The commander-in-chief will ask Hu Cao to allocate a sum of money to build a few boats. You don't need too many fishermen, about 3000 people, and build a water camp." Gao Yihuan pondered: "We sit on the Yangtze River and the Han River. There are two waterways, and we cannot live without a navy. Please pay attention, if there are talents in this field, if you find them and recommend them to me, I will give you a credit."

Zhao Zhuzi nodded, "Don't worry, Commander, I understand."

Gao Yihuan nodded slightly, and then said to Chen Mingxia who was at the side: "Sir, after I leave, I will entrust you with the government affairs of Jingzhou."

"You can rest assured, Marshal!" Chen Mingxia said solemnly.

It has not been a year since Jingzhou was captured, and in the recent period, he has arrested a lot of people, so he is a little worried that Jingzhou will rebound once he leaves.

Gao Yihuan stopped, and suddenly asked: "How do you plan to deal with the arrested gentry?"

After Gao Yihuan detained Chen Zhonglian in Yiling, Xuanyiwei also arrested many gentry in Jingzhou, scaring Fu Shangrui, the governor of Hubei, to close the door of his house, trembling, not daring to see the gentry again, but hoping that He Tengjiao would quickly transfer him away .

Chen Mingxia replied with a smile, "Don't worry, Commander, this matter will not expand and will not implicate those responsible gentry, but those who are arrested will be charged with collaborating with the enemy and severely punished."

In fact, the gentry in Huguang knew that there was no collusion with the enemy, but Chen Mingxia still wanted to do this to let the gentry understand who is the master of Jingzhou, and not try to challenge the authority of Wei Wujun.

Gao Yihuan is also not a kind person, he nodded, "Okay, this matter will be handled by the husband!"

Chen Mingxia took the order first, and then said: "Commander, the hearts of the Ming Dynasty have not been lost now, and most of the gentry are on the side of the Ming Dynasty, so there is no need for the commander-in-chief to please them specially in terms of policy. The humble officer thinks that the commander-in-chief first wants to win the hearts of the soldiers, The second is the heart of the people, and the last is the heart of the gentry. We continue to use Sun Kewang's tax policy, so that the people cannot experience the favor of the commander-in-chief. Huguang is not like the southeast, where there are only so many gentry, as long as the people support it, the foundation of the general will be stable! And when the foundation of the general is stable and he can achieve great things, there will naturally be various talents willing to take refuge in him."

After hearing what he said, Gao Yihuan was relieved a lot about Jingzhou, "Sir, you can do whatever you can to deal with Jingzhou. Well, there is no need to send it away, the commander-in-chief is leaving~"

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