Section IX Authorization (Part 1)
The first person who knew the content of the letter was Zhao Tianba. After thinking about it for a while, Major Zhao came to Deng Ming mysteriously and said as soon as he met, "Master, let me go back and take charge of Dashan's Chengdu."
Since Deng Ming obtained the rank of Left Governor, Zhao Tianba has changed the title the fastest. I wonder if it was because this was the reason why Li Dingguo invited Deng Ming for Deng Ming. Now Zhao Tianba has led all the officers of the army to call Deng Ming the Grand Marshal, which gives Deng Ming a strong sense of warlords. He can only secretly be glad that he is still young and will not be called "old coach", and that is, the warlords are really gone.
"Oh?" Deng Ming was a little surprised by Zhao Tianba's request, because he knew that the other party had been eagerly looking forward to becoming famous on the battlefield, and this time he avenged the emperor and attacked the rebellious vassal state. Zhao Tianba has been very excited since he went to war: "A few days ago, didn't you yell that you must destroy Myanmar? I don't agree to fight a battle to destroy the country and you look like a young wife who was wronged."
"Where is it?" Zhao Tianba was furious when he heard Deng Ming describe himself as a woman. He was about to argue and suddenly looked down, and he pulled back the topic of what was almost led by Deng Ming: "I am very capable and have prestige. If the general sends a partial army to Jiangnan, how should he master the temperature and standards? Who else can I do?"
When Deng Ming saw that Zhao Tianba was blushing and argued with him with a rough neck whether the description just now was appropriate, he immediately realized that the latter was indeed very similar to asking for this job. When he was in Hubei, Zhao Tianba wanted to play the role of Guan Yu. When Deng Ming was running Xichuan, he would guard Deng Ming for Jingzhou, but for various reasons, he could not realize his wish. Now Zhao Tianba suddenly found that he had another similar opportunity, which was to take over Sichuan for Deng Ming and become the first general in the Western Sichuan Group to stand alone - this would definitely be famous all over the world.
Deng Ming just now had an idea, which was to hand over the decision-making power to the Senate and the Imperial Parliament. However, this idea was just a prototype. The Qingcheng Gang of the Senate did not reassure Deng Ming, and the Imperial Parliament did not even have a shadow. Now there is only a parliament in the state of Xuezhou, and Liu Jinge from Chengdu was angry at the sharing of the spoils. So although Deng Ming told him that he could build a Chengdu Parliament, Liu Jinge never took action.
"If Zhao Tianba was asked to take charge, it might not be worse than the House of Parliament and the Parliament. And there should be a general manager, right?" Deng Ming thought for a while, and the only thing he could be sure was that he could not control Sichuan remotely.
Although he did not give an answer immediately, Deng Ming had already planned to agree to Zhao Tianba's request. However, how to establish prestige for Zhao Tianba and make others obey Zhao Tianba's orders is a headache. Zhou Kaihuang and others have always claimed to be on par with Zhao Tianba, and Li Xinghan was the first Sichuan Army officer to be promoted to lieutenant colonel. If Zhao Tianba was to be in charge of the strategy, he would have to be promoted to colonel, but even so, it might not be convincing to others.
Because of the extreme lack of talents under his command, Deng Ming never missed any opportunity to train officers. In the following meeting, he did not discuss the issue of going to Myanmar again. Instead, he announced Liu Tichun's letter at the discussion meeting and asked the officers to express their opinions.
"Why do we need to rob the gentry? Their ancestors must have diligent and capable ancestors, and then they can provide for their children's studies. Generations of talents accumulate some family property." The officers from the Old Sichuan Army were puzzled by this, and some officers from peasant families in Huguang also disagreed with the gentry. For these people, the gentry is their role model. If it is peaceful, they also hope to lead their families on such a path.
Compared to these people, Deng Ming's officers in the camp were actually quite limited, and only the three walls led the army were consistent with Liu Tichun, that is, these guys who were all unkind and shave their heads and surrendered the Tartars, which was a very evil crime. However, there were very few people who held this view, and their voices were soon drowned in the opposition of others.
Zhao Tianba couldn't listen anymore and stood up and shouted, "Even the governor appointed by the Lu Court thinks they are loyal to the Lu Court, so what else can I doubt? If this kind of scum is not eliminated as soon as possible, are you still waiting for them to donate money and pay to the Lu Court?"
Zhao Tianba's words calmed down most of the voices. He was the highest rank in the army and was indeed capable. Although Deng Ming could speak freely at the discussion meeting, the army was ultimately the most authoritarian place in the world. So after seeing the senior officer speaking, he began to review whether his opinion was wrong.
"How do we know if these people are hardcore Qing sects?" Deng Ming saw that the venue was silent, so he had to stand up and ask questions.
"Jiang Guozhu has already had a strange intention to the Lu court, and he must get rid of those who support the Lu court." Zhao Tianba replied with confidence.
"It's right, but the list is provided by Jiang Guozhu. How do you know that he would not write down his names because he covets the property of some people? Maybe this person once did business with us, maybe he was a person with a Ming heart - this is just as harmful to Jiang Guozhu, right? After all, he is still the governor of Jiangning of the capitulation court. I heard that he may be officially promoted to the Governor of Liangjiang by the end of the year. For Jiang Guozhu and Zhang Chao, those who may inform Beijing are unreliable, but those who may inform us,
It seems that people who are likely to be cast in our hands are those who influence their stable rule." Deng Ming felt that it was very likely that Jiang Guozhu would deal with a group of potential supporters of the Ming army, and the evidence was always easy to forge it. The Ming army's actions were arranged by Jiang Guozhu and others, and it was unlikely to be verified one by one before the action. Moreover, based on Deng Ming's understanding of Liu Tichun and Hao Yaoqi, they might think that all the gentry who shave their heads should die, especially He Zhen. If He Papi participated in the action, Deng Ming suspected that he might not be restricted by Jiang Guozhu's list.
Zhao Tianba was stunned for a while, and seeing that he had not answered for a long time, Deng Ming said encouragemently: "Don't you want to be responsible for this military operation? Then just treat it as my exam. How do you plan to give me a satisfactory answer?"
The officers in the military camp looked at Zhao Tianba. After waiting for a long time, Zhao Tianba did not answer the question but asked back: "Did the general disagree to go to Jiangnan?"
"If the situation is as bad as the letter says, we should do something, and we should carefully consider whether we can use this opportunity to seek benefits for western Sichuan. Now we are not in Jiangnan, so we cannot know what to do. I just want to know what methods you plan to understand the situation and how to be sure that your response is correct and is beneficial to western Sichuan." Deng Ming paused and said: "Remember, Zhou Peigong is not a good thing, he is cruel and ruthless. The plan he proposed must be that he can get the most benefits in it and wants to use us as a knife. I cannot participate in this matter, so I cannot give you any advice. Therefore, you must have practical methods to see through Zhou Peigong's tricks so that we will not suffer losses."
Deng Ming's series of questions made Zhao Tianba lower his head and think about it again. After another long waiting period, Zhao Tianba raised his head and asked again: "I want to know, does the general think that these gentry surrendered to the enemy in Jiangnan should not die?"
"Yes, I don't think they deserve to die." Deng Ming nodded. For Xiying and Chuangying, the gentry has always been their enemies. During the Ming Dynasty, they provided officials and supplies to the Ming court to suppress the Chuangxi army. After the Qing army pacified Jiangnan, the gentry might be more sympathetic to Zhang Huangyan and Zheng Chenggong, but they were still very unfriendly to Chuangying and Chuangying. The young generation of Chuangying and Chuangying generals who grew up under this opposition and hatred had no affection for the gentry, and they would kill them if they killed them, without any psychological negative.
Dan: "Just the last time when the canal workers came to fight against us, they were enemies, and they would kill them. If the hard-core supporters of the Qing court organized people to fight against us like Caotou, or voluntarily donated a large amount of military pay to the Qing court like salt merchants, we would of course attack them. But we should make these people deserve the crime, not because the rich people died. By the way, I don't agree with the actions of King Gongchang in Tiantai Mountain. We should be different from the Tartars, not just not just not shave their heads."
After the meeting, Zhao Tianba came to Deng Ming again: "Master, I won't go back to the capital, I'll go to Myanmar with you to save the emperor."
"Why?"
"I only realized that Mr. Guan Er is not that easy to do." Zhao Tianba said dejectedly. He could not answer any of Deng Ming's questions, and he didn't know how to make the most favorable decision for western Sichuan.
"Is that true?" Deng Ming said with some regret, but if Zhao Tianba cannot give a reasonable answer, he is indeed not suitable to be the important task of taking the lead.
"I thought about it carefully. What the general said makes sense. Zhou Peigong must be uneasy. I have also seen his treacherous and cunning. He mostly thinks that Kuidong is a person who broke into the camp in front, and it will be very easy to kill the gentry he wants to kill."
"It would be great if you can think so. Don't you plan to try it? I can give you some more time to think about the countermeasures."
"Forget it, fighting with such a villain is not my strength. If you ruin the matter of the Grand Marshal, you may be angry and killing Zhou Peigong, which will cause trouble for the Grand Marshal." Zhao Tianba was very open-minded, and also suggested that Deng Ming: "Then you can't let Liu Jinge and Yuan Xiang have the final say. They both have a father-son relationship and may not make the best decision for Xichuan."
"I understand this very well. Since you don't go back, I have to find someone else. Fortunately, I have a backup candidate. They will definitely start from the interests of western Sichuan, and they will only consider the interests of Dufu and Xuzhou."
"Who, Mu is corrupt or Ren Kongming?" Zhao Tianba asked blurted out. He felt that these two people were also involved. Both the Zhejiang faction and the Fujian faction had a good relationship with the scholars in Jiangnan.
Chapter completed!