Chapter four hundred and sixty-nine unauthorized power, tricks, dissuasion
In June, Dayong moved Song Guanglan to the original Dengzhou Road as the envoy of the Deng brigade, Wang Hui to the former military supervisory road as the prefect of Dengzhou, Ge Wannian to the former prefect of Dengzhou as the prefect of Lushun, and Song Cheng and Wu, the former magistrates of the rebel counties, were moved to Dengzhou.
Mao and others were appointed as deputy envoys of the Resettlement Department.
He also served as the official of Denglai who surrendered to the rebels and divided it into four counties: Penglai, Huang County, Fushan County and Qixia County. The three counties of Zhaoyuan County, Laiyang County and Wendeng County, which were originally under the jurisdiction of Dengzhou Prefecture, were abandoned because there were no households.
He served as the former Jinzhou Bingbei Road, and later served as the grain road transport envoy of the Zuo Han Dynasty in the Ministry of Metal Industry. Yuan Peng, the former Jinhan Army Banner Guerrilla, served as the grain road transport deputy envoy;
On the 14th, Dayong reported to the imperial court, requesting the appointment of a Deng Brigade Governor, the re-establishment of Dengzhou Guards and Lushun Guards, and the establishment of the headquarters of the Liaodong Army.
The memorial went to the capital and went directly to the General Administration Department before the emperor. The emperor was displeased and refused to allow it. He ordered the cabinet to reprimand Dayong for his unauthorized use of power and ordered him to go to the capital to report to the emperor.
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June and July are the hottest months of the year. Although it rained heavily at night, it didn't cool down that day. Instead, it was sweltering.
In Xing'an County, in the residence of the governor of the five provinces, Chen Qiyu was sitting leisurely eating tea. The staff and soldiers on the side were reviewing the text he had just written, which was written by Xin Qiji of the Song Dynasty, "Po Zhenzi", Master Li
He twirled his beard carefully and praised loudly: "Xin Jiaxuan's poem is so well written and so heroic. The handsome hand has real calligraphy and big characters. The calligraphy is strict and his appearance is not diminished. The writing and lyrics are a perfect match!"
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Mr. Zhang, who was also an aide to the governors of the five provinces, was not willing to be outdone by Mr. Li, so he continued: "The subtitle of this poem is "Composing a strong message for Chen Tongfu", and the starting line is, "When I was drunk, I read the sword by burning the lamp, and I dreamed of blowing the trumpet."
"Battle", followed by "Eight hundred miles under the command, the sound of fifty-stringed strings turning outside the Great Wall. The soldiers are ordered in the autumn on the battlefield" is all nonsense! He is a scholar and has not achieved much in his life, so how can he have any heroic words?
It is even more delusional to say, "Finish the affairs of the king and the world, and win the reputation before and after life." These words are not impossible to say, but it depends on who says it. If it falls on the commander-in-chief, it is a realistic word, and it is the most suitable.
With such a great ambition and ambition, it is a different story to write it with the bones and muscles of the face. This word is just a borrowed word, the commander picked it up at his fingertips, but it has nothing to do with Jiaxuan!"
Listening to Master Zhang's flattery, Master Li hurriedly said: "This unparalleled contribution to the founding of the country is no less than that of Xu Da and Liu Bowen, who founded the country."
Master Zhang smiled and nodded: "It was natural at that time. Is it even harder to start a business and succeed? They can't compare to the marshal who assists Sheji!"
"Zhuge Wuhou is also beyond his reach. His success failed and his star fell in Wuzhangyuan. He is not as good as the general who swept the Central Plains and clarified the Yuyu."
Everyone looked at the scenery and heard a chorus of flattery.
Everyone praised it, and Chen Qiyu greatly benefited from it. He smiled and said: "Put it away first. When we get back to the capital, we can find someone to mount it."
The guard outside the door came in with a happy face and said: "Congratulations, Commander-in-Chief, the bandits have taken Li Zicheng out of the valley and have come to ask for his surrender!"
Are the bandits asking for surrender?
When everyone heard this, they immediately beamed with joy.
Chen Qiyu kept his composure, put down the tea cup gently, wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, and then hit the military line: "Send my general order, all the soldiers in the Carriage Gorge are on guard and guard against rogue bandits breaking through." Watching the Chinese army hurried out,
Then he ordered: "Bring in Li Zicheng!"
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In the lobby, the previous officers were replaced by majestic guards with swords. Li Zicheng came in and knelt down: "Li Zicheng, a small citizen, was entrusted by Gao Yingxiang and other people to ask for surrender. I am willing to submit to the imperial court and never become a bandit."
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When Chen Qiyu saw that the visitor was in his thirties, with a square face, a broad forehead, slightly dark complexion, high cheekbones and slender cheeks, eagle-eyed eyes and a hawk-like nose, his demeanor was calm and unhurried, implying an awe-inspiring power, he actually felt some admiration in his heart, thinking of him. After attacking and plundering everywhere, he put down his thoughts and shouted angrily: "Come here, drag Li Zicheng out and kill him!" Two swordsmen and axemen came in from outside the door and dragged him outward.
Li Zicheng struggled and asked: "You are sincere, why did you kill me?"
"It's full of nonsense! Benbutang has been studying since he was a child, and he knows the military strategy well. How can he give you a few words to deceive you? You are clearly here to pretend to surrender, and you still want to quibble!" Chen Qiyu's eyes were burning, and he looked down, as if he wanted to See through Li Zicheng's heart.
Li Zicheng, however, looked calm and did not lie at all: "The common people know that the commander-in-chief has gone through hundreds of battles, and he has defeated mountain tigers, willow thieves, dragons, diamonds, mountain harriers, black evil gods, tigers among men, and five King of Hell, fly immediately, Wang Denghuai, horse red wolf, flying all over the sky, full of geese and birds, Huang Shenyao, flying across the ditch, Zhang Cong, Fan Dengke, Fan Jirong, climbing up the mountain tiger, sweeping the ground tiger, sweeping the ground tiger, flying across the sky, flying on the grass, one A tiger can fly with one wing, a golden-winged roc, a city, and seventy-seven leaders, big and small, who are powerful in Guan Shaanxi. What tricks can be used to deceive the commander? We are in a desperate situation and are waiting for death. In fact, I sincerely ask for surrender. The commander-in-chief puts himself in his shoes and thinks that the only way to save his life is to submit to the imperial court. What other options are there for survival?"
Hearing what Li Zicheng said, Chen Qiyu couldn't help but nodded slightly. What the other party said was indeed true. Even if he was in such a desperate situation, he would still have to try to survive. He then pondered: "How do you recruit them? All the food and salary of the headquarters are from the imperial court. The fixed quota is allocated, but there is no extra money for you to arrange. Besides, if you arrange it like Yang Xiuling did, the headquarters will not feel at ease."
Seeing Chen Qiyu's words, Li Zicheng hurriedly said: "The common people are willing to serve in front of the Liaodong Army at no cost to the commander-in-chief."
"Oh, are you really so loyal?"
It was somewhat beyond Chen Qiyu's expectation that the bandits volunteered to serve in front of the Liaodong Army. In today's Ming Dynasty, the internal worry lies in the fleeing bandits in these provinces, and the external worry lies in the captive Jurchens in the east. Although the Jinzhou Army sent someone to attack the city in the previous period, They broke out the stronghold and defeated Shenyang, but it is said that they were just taking advantage of the main force of the expedition led by the captive chief Hong Tai, and it was not a confrontation in front of a grand formation. In comparison, the fighting power of the Donglu Tatars was still far superior to that of the Ming Dynasty. If these bandits came to Liaodong to serve, It actually kills two birds with one stone, it can not only calm down the internal worries, but also eliminate the external ones. Thinking of this, Chen Qiyu couldn't help but feel moved, and secretly agreed.
"Let the headquarters report to the imperial court. If you receive the emperor's decree, you can serve the country. If the emperor does not allow it, the headquarters will have to dismiss you. For this reason, we must first send people into the valley to count the people and horses, and then make plans."
"Thank you so much, Commander!"
Li Zicheng was overjoyed. After looking around, he said, "I have a few more private words to say to the commander."
"Get down!" Chen Qiyu glanced around and everyone quietly retreated. He looked at Li Zicheng who was kneeling on the ground with his arms tied behind his back. He raised his hand and said, "Get up and speak."
Li Zicheng took two steps forward and said in a low voice: "The Chariot Gorge has made the Marshal famous throughout the ages. All ministers in the world are envious of him. The common people are really impressed with their admiration, but they are also worried about the Marshal."
"Oh, what do you have to worry about?" Chen Qiyu twirled his beard, a bit disdainful in his surprise.
"I dare to ask you a question without knowing how to advance or retreat. What are the commander's plans for the future?"
"What are your plans for the future? I haven't thought about it yet."
"As the saying goes, when the moon is full, it will be waning, and when it is strong, it will be weak. From ancient times to the present, those who have succeeded and retired are all smart people in the world. The most distant ones are Fan Li and Zhang Liang. They died well, but the end of Wen Zhong and Han Xin was inevitable. It's chilling. Speaking more recently, how many heroes Taizu killed, the commander-in-chief naturally knows better than the common people."
Li Zicheng saw that Chen Qiyu's eyes were narrowed to a slit, and he was listening very attentively. He guessed that he was a little tempted, and then said: "Song Taizu released his military power over a glass of wine, which is a great move. It not only takes care of the feelings of the emperor and his ministers, but also allows him to sit back and relax. Now the commander-in-chief is the governor-general of the military affairs of the five provinces of Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Huguang, and Sichuan, and is also in charge of food and wages. He has half of the world's troops and horses in his hands, and with such extraordinary achievements, can the emperor sleep well?"
"You're talking nonsense! Honbudo has been reading books about saints since he was a child. Loyalty and filial piety are more important than life. If you have the slightest dissent, you will be punished by heaven and earth!" It was originally a rebuke, but later it turned into a curse.
Li Zicheng shrugged his shoulders, moved his numb arms a few times, nodded and said: "The common people have no intention of slandering the commander-in-chief. The Art of War says: Before you think about advance, think about retreat first. There will never be any consequences if you leave a way out. What a big mistake. I have been a grass bandit for several years and have accumulated a lot of savings, which is enough to return to my hometown to live and work in peace and contentment. With more money, who would want to fight with their heads high! But the commander-in-chief may not be as comfortable as the common people?"
"Are you advising me to retire into seclusion?"
"Xiaomin didn't say that. I just thought that if the commander-in-chief is suspected all day long, his life will be difficult."
"Well, it is also a natural principle to retreat bravely from the rapids. Laozi said: When you are born, you can't live. When you do something, you can't rely on it. When you succeed, you can't live in it. If you don't live in it, you won't go away. Birds are hidden in their bows, rabbits are dead and dogs are cooking. This part Tang also has a deep understanding of it.”
"That's natural." Li Zicheng thought to himself: According to his age, he must be over seventy, and the old man is always right. He said: "The Marshal's Xianxiang Baodian State is suffering from thalassemia, and he is a rabbit. Shit... um, um, it's a place with bald hills and barren hills. I heard that when the commander-in-chief took office in Futai, Yansui, he spent three thousand taels of silver to relieve famines in his hometown, and also paid taxes for a year, spending a total of three thousand taels of silver. More than one thousand six hundred taels..."
"How did you know?" Chen Qiyu's face changed drastically. Most of the money was borrowed or misappropriated. It was only more than a year ago. The shortfall has not yet been repaid. Once someone reports him, he will have to accept the crime.
"The Marshal Zeben has long been a good talk in the countryside, and many people in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces know about it. Besides, if the Marshal returns to his hometown to live in seclusion, he will need money to build gardens and buildings. You can't ask the emperor for it with open hands! Xiao The people knew that the commander-in-chief did not have much money, so they specially prepared a small gift and put it in the pocket on the horse's back, asking the commander-in-chief to accept it."
Chen Qiyu's eyes flashed brightly, and he ordered someone to carry him into the lobby and untie it with his own hands. In addition to the yellow and white things, there were also many shining jewels. He must have been pretending to be in a hurry and not choosing carefully. Li Zicheng saw that he was a little greedy. He tied his pocket tightly, dragged it behind the commander's desk, and said with a smile: "There are many things like this in the camp. Needless to say, it doesn't cost the commander any money to send him back to his hometown. He just pays fifty taels of silver to recruit each person. The remaining people with money don’t have to worry about building houses and purchasing land!”
Chen Qiyu secretly sneered when he heard this. He had served as the chief envoy in Shaanxi, and the money he brought into the vassal treasury every year was only one million taels, which was not as much as the money gained by the rogue bandits.
He sighed secretly for a moment, then regained his reserved look, and said slowly: "This can be considered robbing the rich to give to the poor! I will accept it for the villagers and will not use it at all." Then he sat back at the commander's desk and gave orders. Said: "Come here, tie a rope for him!"
Two guards came in, untied Li Zicheng's rope, and retreated to Chen Qiyu's left and right, guarding him with swords. Of course, Chen Qiyu had to give a warning and said: "Since you want to change your mind and return to your hometown to live in peace, the headquarters will help you and give you a card to avoid death." . However, one team of one hundred people must leave the valley one after another, and each team must be supervised by a pacification officer. They pass through Hanyin, Shiquan, Xixiang, Hanzhong, exit the plank road in the north, and start from Fengxiang, Longzhou, Pingliang, Huanxian, and Qingyang. On the front line, they will be sent back to their hometowns, and the food they need on the way will be provided by the prefectures and counties along the way."
"The virtue of the commander-in-chief's rebirth will never be forgotten!" Li Zicheng knelt down on the ground again and kowtowed.
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Li Zicheng tricked Chen Qiyu, a Confucian general, into agreeing to surrender. Naturally, Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong and others in the valley were overjoyed and followed Chen Qiyu's order to cooperate with the officers and soldiers in counting their numbers. The fierce thieves also made an obedient request under the constraints of the major leaders. The sample was dropped, so that the counting officers and soldiers entering the valley did not become suspicious.
It was extremely easy to count the number of people. It took half a day to count them. There were 66,000 people and horses in total. Early the next morning, a team of 100 people began to leave the valley. The soldiers in the valley were in ragged clothes and came out listlessly. They were in a very embarrassed state and walked slowly.
Chen Qiyu also ordered Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Yunyang who was stationed in the south, to release the people in accordance with the law and not to make things difficult for the thieves.
Lu Xiangsheng was not as pedantic as Chen Qiyu. He could tell at a glance that it would be a big disaster to let the thieves out of the valley. He was frightened and ordered his Tianxiong army to hold on. He rushed to Xing'an City on horseback and dissuaded Chen Qiyu, saying: "Commander, the thieves' swords are rusty and their crossbows are broken." , it’s an opportunity to be eliminated in one fell swoop, why do you want to let them out?”
"Jiandou, you don't have to worry too much. I will recruit them one by one and you will achieve great success without using a single sword or arrow."
Lu Xiangsheng was so anxious that he reached out to grab Chen Qiyu's arm and reminded him: "Commander, are you going to make Yang He's mistake again?"
Although Lu Xiangsheng was a literary scholar, he had practiced martial arts since he was a child and had extraordinary physical strength. When he was caught, he used his real strength. Chen Qiyu was in pain, shook it off and shouted: "I'm so rude, I want you to teach me a lesson." Tang!"
"Having let tens of thousands of thieves go so lightly, do they appreciate the kindness of the commander? Once they become thieves, they will never change. If the commander allows them to leave the valley, they will be like fish entering the sea. If they want to hunt them again, they must not do it! "Lu Xiangsheng grabbed his sleeves and argued endlessly.
Chen Qiyu changed his face and said: "Let go! You are also from the second class, but you are acting so awkwardly? Come here, kick him out!"
Lu Xiangsheng grabbed the door knocker and cried loudly. Chen Qiyu sneered: "The headquarters punishes the gang very quickly. Once the tens of thousands of thugs are disbanded, the world will no longer be troubled by bandits. Are you crying for them?"
Lu Xiang raised his voice and said: "I am humble enough to cry for the millions of people in the Three Qin Dynasties and the country of the Ming Dynasty. I am worried that the Three Qin Dynasties will never have peace again!" He covered his face and rode away.
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After more than ten days in a row, more than 66,000 bandits were finally dispatched, and each was escorted back to his hometown by more than fifty pacification officers. The huge carriage canyon suddenly became empty and silent. There were news reports every day. Chen Qiyu was a little numb when he heard the invariable good news from everywhere about where the detached rebels had gone. He couldn't help but feel a little numb when he thought about those rogue bandits returning to their hometowns to live in peace and become good citizens carrying hoe and burden. Being complacent and subduing the enemy without fighting is indeed a great meritorious deed.
He was drafting the plan in his mind, thinking about how to give the emperor a hint when the recruitment was over, and talk about the merits of this event in a non-verbal way that would shock the past and the present. He was thinking about it, and was about to invite the two masters Zhang and Li to come over. When he came to discuss the matter, there was a sudden sound of horse hooves outside the camp gate. Running horses inside the camp gate was a capital crime of beheading. He had a sullen face and was about to get angry when a soldier stumbled in outside the gate and reported breathlessly: "Commander, Commander,... Something...something big happened."
Chen Qiyu always regarded himself as a Confucian general and disliked people who panicked when things happened. He rolled his eyes and shouted coldly: "Why are you panicking? Speak slowly!"
The soldier took a breath and reported: "On the seventh day of July, General Liu Guoming and more than fifty people sent rogue bandits to Baoji. They wanted to stay in the city for a few days. Unexpectedly, the local squire Sun Peng and others made a noise and refused to accept them. Li Jiayan, the magistrate of Baoji County, had no choice but to order the four gates to be closed, and beheaded the thirty-six thieves who had boarded the city in public. When the bandits outside the city saw this, they rose up and killed General Liu Shen and others in rebellion."
"Did Li Jiayan make the decision on his own?" Chen Qiyu became a little angry and stared at the soldiers fiercely.
The soldier was so frightened that he murmured: "He relied on the commander-in-chief Yang Lin to lead a thousand soldiers and horses to garrison Baoji, so he was not afraid."
Chen Qiyu gritted his teeth and said: "What a good Li Jiayan, how dare you ruin my important event? I think he is too impatient to live!"
In his heart, he wished he could immediately arrest Li Jiayan for questioning. According to the imperial edict given to him by the emperor, the following rank-4 civil servants, military attachés and generals could be named to participate in the performance and be questioned in time. However, Li Jiayan was a member of Hong Chengchou after all, so he had to be wary. .Thinking that Yang Lin had arrived in Baoji and he didn't know it, he felt angry and asked: "Who sent Yang Lin?"
"Master Lian from Futai, Shaanxi."
"Okay! It turns out that Lian Guoshi was behind them to support them and go against the main department!" He waved his hand outwards sinisterly, and the soldiers were pushed out as if they were granted amnesty.
Chen Qiyu was so angry that he paced back and forth in the room, took out a pen and wrote about Li Jiayan's impeachment and state affairs. He posted it overnight. Only then did he feel that the anger in his heart was almost gone, but he received even worse news: "As soon as Li Zicheng came out of Hanzhong Plank Road, also killed the supervisory pacification officer, and successively attacked and plundered seven county towns including Linyou and Yongshou..."
Chen Qiyu was so shocked that he couldn't sleep at all. He was uneasy at first, and then he couldn't help but worry. He said worriedly: God has given it to him, and it is ominous to abandon it. Shouldn't I let Gao Yingxiang and the others come out? If they really rebel again, the situation will be bad, and the situation will be bad. Cleaned up.
Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a chill, and the sweltering heat seemed to have turned into the middle of winter. He couldn't help but sit up with his clothes on, frowning, and lost in thought...