"Ziying, the imperial court does owe something to the four northwest towns, but now that the south has been pacified, I believe that the Great Zhou Dynasty will usher in a stable era, and the situation in the four northwest towns will be greatly improved." Sun Chengzong could only comfort like this.
Feng Ziying.
"Mr. Kaiyang, are your words untrue? Will the four towns in the northwest be greatly improved? I don't think so." Feng Ziying shook her head, "There is a severe drought in Shanxi and Shaanxi now, and it has been for two consecutive years, and it is getting worse every year.
This year's spring drought situation is no worse than last year. I estimate that during the lean period in April and May, there will be chaos in Shanxi and Shaanxi. But if we don't solve the problem in the south, even if the army quells the civil unrest, it will be like "little people are as hairy as leek, and they will be cut off."
Resurrection; head like a chicken, cut off and crowing again, one crop after another, back and forth..."
Sun Chengzong was also a man who knew the military and history, so he naturally understood where the verse mentioned in Feng Ziying's words came from. It was mentioned in Cui Jian's "Political Commentary" of the Eastern Han Dynasty, followed by a few sentences, such as "Officials do not need to be feared.
Never take it lightly. How can you hope for peace?"
Feng Ziying's words obviously have a derivative meaning. The implication is that relying on military suppression cannot solve the problem of people's livelihood caused by the severe drought in Shanxi and Shaanxi.
When the people are starving and either starve to death or rebel and are killed, they will definitely choose to rebel. At least they will not die for the time being, or they may be recruited or even succeed after rebelling? Even if it is just in case, at least
It's better than starving to death.
The folk customs in Shanxi and Shaanxi have always been strong, and the rich and poor are particularly better than in places like Jiangnan, Huguang, etc. "The rich have vast fields, and the poor have no place to stand" is a true portrayal. In addition, the natural environment is also poor, and infrastructure such as water conservancy ditches and other infrastructure are backward.
Therefore, in the event of a natural or man-made disaster, the government's ability to save itself is extremely weak, and it relies entirely on the court's relief. But now that water transportation to the south of the Yangtze River has been cut off, and the court has no time to take care of itself, it seems that this disaster is inevitable.
Feng Ziying even vaguely sensed some kind of unspoken strategy of the imperial court, that is, since it cannot be avoided, then he should first try his best to take down Shandong, Jiangnan and even Huguang. If there is chaos in Shanxi and Shaanxi, let it be chaos. After the chaos, the imperial court will also take down Shandong, Jiangnan and even Huguang.
Shandong, Jiangnan and Huguang have been recovered, and we can once again use kindness and power together with the army to suppress the rebellion. It will be enough to recapture Shanxi and Shaanxi. After the chaos, we can still have great governance.
It seems that my father also has this kind of mentality. Otherwise, why would he continuously recruit elites from the northwest to the Central Plains?
The sooner Jiangnan is pacified, the sooner Shanshan and Shaanxi can be saved. As for Shanshan and Shanxi, as long as there are left-behind troops to stabilize the border areas, the civil strife can be slowly quelled.
If it really cannot be pacified, it is not unacceptable to limit it within a certain range and allow those mob rebels to plunder some large households to make a living.
Anyway, the common people have nothing to eat. The government wants these big gentry families to provide money and food to stabilize the situation. These people are unwilling and even want to complain everywhere. So that’s fine now. The government and the government have more important things to worry about for the time being.
If you can't reach Shanshan, then just hold off. Whatever the mob and thieves do, the government can only try to maintain it. If it cannot maintain it, it will just let it go.
This kind of tacit understanding can even be quietly revealed to the mob. There are also smart people among the mob. Naturally, they will understand that when the time comes, can we find a way to recruit a group of people and everything will be fine?
Feng Ziying had previously revealed to her father whether she could instigate some of the left-behind troops in the northwest to disguise themselves as mobsters and robbers and loot local big houses to obtain money and food. Unexpectedly, her father had taken an even more "evolved" step and simply let the mob go into battle on their own, and even
It can cover the "performance" of your own army.
It makes sense to say that this is to support the bandits for self-respect. After Jiangnan is truly pacified, where will the more powerful Northwest Army go? Will the imperial court kill the donkey? With the chaos of Shanshan and Shaanxi, can it be preserved for the Northwest Army?
Leave a way, I guess dad has also taken this into consideration.
"Ziying, I understand what you said, but now the imperial court has no spare power to solve it." Sun Chengzong sighed, stroking his hands, "We can only do our own things well. Shanshan and Shaanxi are just scabies, and we will not solve the problem in the south.
, that’s a problem in your heart.”
Feng Ziying sneered in her heart, it was just a replacement of Zhang on the throne, and the only problem was for the princes in the court who wanted to maintain orthodoxy or lose power.
However, he is also one of the princes in the court. When his interests are the same, he naturally can only choose to "obey his orders happily".
He also discussed with Sun Chengzong how to fight this battle once the 70,000 people were in place. Sun Chengzong refused to say more. He only said that the tactics of war are unpredictable and need to be determined according to changes in the situation. Besides, among the 70,000 people, besides
In addition to the 30,000 people in the Northwest Army, the other 40,000 are all doubtful. Even if Feng Ziying repeatedly assured that there was no problem with He Huchen and Yang Zhaoji, Sun Chengzong still had to see what he saw. As for how the tens of thousands of defeated soldiers in the Shanxi Army could be selected and trained, Sun Chengzong
I dare not say for sure.
"Ziying, you keep asking me how to fight, do you think that I have to lead the troops on the northern front?" Sun Chengzong saw that Feng Ziying respected him so much, and he was proud but also a little puzzled.
Although the imperial court intended for him to return to the capital to lead troops, under the current circumstances, would the imperial court have other plans?
"Mr. Kaiyang, the situation in the north is so bad. Some people tried to pick up fallen peaches, but their hands were pricked with blood. Now they are all rotten like this. Who else is willing to take over this stall?" Feng Ziying smiled,
"Look, it is estimated that the princes in the court will ask you to take on this burden soon, but you must not let up on the guarantee of money and food, otherwise the war will be delayed, and we don't know if any accidents will happen later.
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Seeing Feng Ziying consider herself in this way, Sun Chengzong's favorable impression of Feng Ziying deepened.
He had always admired Feng Ziying and felt a bit sympathetic to each other. Now that Feng Ziying was so enthusiastic and frank, he was even more satisfied.
"Haha, I still understand this, but what accident are you worried about?" Sun Chengzong still heard some overtones.
"We all hope that if there is an unrest in Shanxi, it would be better to control it within the borders of Shanxi and not spill over. But this is only our best hope. Once we fail to control it, it will really spread to Beizhi or Henan.
"What?" Feng Ziying started talking again, "Beizhi is a little better, but Henan. My father came all the way from Henan and felt that the situation was worrying. The victims of the disaster and hunger were everywhere. There was real trouble. The rebels went out to Henan to eat.
I'm afraid Henan will also become a spark..."
Sun Chengzong's expression changed slightly. He thought that when he returned to the capital from Sichuan, he also passed through Henan.
The situation in Henan may only be better than that in Shanxi. If the rebels really invade Henan, will it stir up the situation in Henan and cause the hungry people in Henan to take advantage of the situation? He thinks it is very likely.
"Henan,..." Sun Chengzong murmured to himself, "Henan is the place of the Fourth War and has a large population. Once it is trapped by the rebel army, it will become a huge trouble. Ziying, you must be careful about this.
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"The question is how do we prevent it?" Feng Ziying smiled bitterly, "The imperial court is strapped for money, and its lifeline of money and food depends on Jiangnan. If Jiangnan is not recovered quickly, the country will be ruined, so it will put aside Shanxi and Shaanxi first to solve the Jiangnan problem in the shortest possible time.
Otherwise, it will collapse, and where will there be any remaining energy to deal with Henan's problems?"
Sun Chengzong was very good at martial arts, but he was much inferior to court affairs. He could get a general idea, but it was difficult to understand the deeper level, even involving the court's subtle thoughts.
Feng Ziying didn't explain it too thoroughly, and Sun Chengzong didn't want to understand it too deeply. This was good for everyone.
"Forget it, Mr. Kaiyang, you should put more thought into how to reverse the situation in the North as soon as possible. As long as we recapture Shandong as early as possible, even if something happens to the north and south of Henan, we will not sit back and wait for death." Feng Ziying explained to the other party.
Sun Chengzong calmed down and finally had no choice but to accept this reality.
As the saying goes, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. With the few soldiers in the hands of the imperial court, and lack of money and food, it can only treat headaches and pains, not caring about the head and the tail.
Feng Ziying left Sun Chengzong and went to the Ministry of War. Then she realized that today was a meeting of the imperial court. Zhang Huaichang, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, went to the palace to discuss politics and had no choice but to go home.
However, she met Qingwen's "father" at the door. Feng Ziying greeted him with a smile and didn't say much. The other party was very respectful and even seemed a little "dumb". He just accepted the words and left.
Seeing Qingwen's "father", Feng Ziying remembered that there were two secret agents of the White Lotus Sect in her house. It seemed that these two people had a big plan. They planned to stay dormant in her house for a long time and run it for a long time.
In order to maximize the plan for their White Lotus Sect.
Feng Ziying didn't care too much. Wu Yaoqing specially arranged two groups of people inside and outside to keep an eye on the couple. They were all professionals and were not afraid of what they could do.
Moreover, she could not contact them, nor could they enter the inner courtyard. Feng Ziying believed that their purpose of lurking in her house was not to target her family, but herself.
Choosing two weak characters to do this kind of thing is probably not for assassination, but for a deeper purpose.
If the people in charge of the White Lotus Sect plan for the long term, they will not assassinate themselves, but are willing to bite themselves tightly. As their status improves, they have secrets around them and can seek greater gains, unless they think that
You may endanger their "great cause".
After going back to the house and thinking about it, Baoxiang asked Qingwen to come over.
Qingwen didn't know what Feng Ziying asked her to do, but she saw Feng Ziying calling her to the study. She thought that Feng Ziying often showed off her sex here during the day and tormented Jin Chuan'er. Once, she accidentally heard Jin Chuan'er saying " "Euphemistically cooing", I thought that Feng Ziying's "extreme sexual desire" was going to harm me, so I felt coy and coy for a while before I came over.
This chapter has been completed!